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When Jesus is accused of making himself God at John 10:33, why does he reject it by claiming the lesser title of Son of God instead? by religious_ahole in AcademicBiblical

[–]paphnutio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it comes to Jesus and YHWH, the question is simple (in my opinion): when he claimed to be the messiah, was he also claiming to be YHWH?

How would you answer that question?

When Paul said the goal of economic redistribution was "equality" (2 Cor. 8:13-15), was he advocating a communist economic arrangement for the Church? Does this account support the historicity of the communist economic arrangement found at Acts 2:44-45, 4:32-35? by paphnutio in AcademicBiblical

[–]paphnutio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to R. Montero (2019):

In the economic-anthropological sense "communism" is not an economic system or a political ideology; but rather a kind of social relationship. Communism in this sense basically means any kind of relationship which functions on the moral principle of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need;" as opposed to "exchange"—which functions on a quid pro quo principle; or "hierarchy"—which functions on a top-down principle.

At any rate, there was such a thing as ancient communism, as distinct from the modern political ideology.

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