On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 Talpianna at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/4/2003 3:53:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > matthew at infodancer.org writes: > >>>I don't see any support for communism in Christianity unless you > are coming into the question with a preconception that communism > is a moral and desirable form of government/economics and other > forms are neither moral nor desirable. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Many of the early Christians did in fact practice communism, that is, they > lived in communes and shared property. This voluntary communism has little or > nothing to do with the Marxist-Leninist state-imposed version. > > tal Some later Christian communities did so as well - the Shakers come to mind. I don't know of any persistently successful communes, unless the Quakers counted at some point.