D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
SOCIALISM IS ON THE RISE IN AMERICA.
DOES IT WORK?
AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY,
IS SOCIALISM EVEN BIBLICAL?
ON THIS PROGRAM, WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
SOCIALISM MEANS WE UNITE AS ONE PEOPLE AND WE
DECIDE ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I AM UPSET WITH THE DIRECTION THAT AMERICA IS
GOING BECAUSE I CAME FROM THE PLACE WHERE IT DIDN'T
WORK, WHERE AMERICA IS TRYING TO GO NOW.
IT'S ONE THING FOR YOU TO GIVE OUT OF COMPASSION
FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LESS FORTUNATE.
IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING FOR THE GOVERNMENT
TO CONFISCATE YOUR PROPERTY AND GIVE IT
TO SOMEONE ELSE.
BASICALLY WE'RE ROBBING THE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE OF
OUR ECONOMY TODAY TO GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNPRODUCTIVE.
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS THE PROBLEM OF
SOCIALISM, A REVEALING LOOK AT HOW THE THREAT OF
EVER-GROWING GOVERNMENT ENDANGERS AMERICA.
FOR DECADES, THE WORD "SOCIALISM" HAS BEEN A
DIRTY WORD IN AMERICAN POLITICS- AND RIGHTLY SO.
IN THE PAST SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFYING A PROGRAM OR
IDEA WITH SOCIALISM WOULD EFFECTIVELY KILL IT.
BUT IN RECENT YEARS, THAT HAS ALL CHANGED.
THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE JUST TEN
OR TWENTY YEARS AGO, ACCEPTANCE OF SOCIALISM IS
ON THE RISE IN AMERICA.
WE MUST CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR
ALL, NOT JUST THE VERY WEALTHY.
SOCIALISM IS TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER.
THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME IN THIS COUNTRY.
SOCIALISM IS IN MY DEFINITION I WOULD SAY
PEOPLE HAVING WHAT THEY NEED, PEOPLE BEING ABLE
TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY AMAZING IN AMERICA
TODAY, IS THAT A UNITED STATES SENATOR WHO IS AN
OUT-AND-OUT SOCIALIST, HE'S NOT ACTUALLY A
DEMOCRAT, HE'S A SOCIALIST, IS RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT ON THE DEMOCRAT PARTY TICKET
AND PROCLAIMS HIS SOCIALISM AND THE MORE
AMAZING THING IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE OTHER CANDIDATE
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOW MOVING AS CLOSE TO HIS
POSITIONS AS POSSIBLE, WITHOUT CALLING HERSELF
A SOCIALIST.
MY VIEW OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM BUILDS ON THE
SUCCESS OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD, WHO HAVE DONE A FAR BETTER JOB THAN WE HAVE IN
PROTECTING THE NEEDS OF THEIR WORKING FAMILIES,
THEIR ELDERLY CITIZENS, THEIR CHILDREN,
THEIR SICK, AND THEIR POOR.
WE NEED TO HAVE ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY,
THE WAY THAT WE ARE ORGANIZED IT DOESN'T WORK
FOR ANYBODY BUT IT WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE,
IT WORKS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE 1% OF THE 1%.
I THINK SOCIALISM MEANS DOING WHAT'S BEST TO
SOCIETY FOR EVERYONE, AND I THINK THAT MEANS WORKING
FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
BUT THE TRAGEDY IS THAT YOU SEE THESE COLLEGE
STUDENTS MASSING TO HIS RALLIES AND CHAMPIONING
HIS IDEAS.
GREED IS DESTROYING OUR NATION.
(APPLAUSE)
WE WONDER HOW THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS WOULD
RESPOND IF YOU WENT TO THEM AND SAID,
"YOU'RE AN 'A' STUDENT, BUT YOU KNOW,
THERE'S AN 'F' STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS SO WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE YOU A 'C' AND GIVE THEM A 'C.'
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?"
I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD.
MANY YEARS AGO, BEFORE HE WAS A SENATOR,
BERNIE SANDERS SAID OF HIS SOCIALIST VIEWS.
INSTEAD, HE ADVOCATED THAT GOVERNMENT, NOT CHARITY,
SHOULD TAKE OVER SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
BERNIE SANDERS IS NAÏVE BY SAYING THAT HE'S TRYING TO
GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM WITH IDEA TO IMPLEMENT
SOCIALISM IN AMERICA.
SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK.
NATASHA SRDOC GREW UP UNDER SOCIALISM IN YUGOSLAVIA.
SHE IS NOW AN AMERICAN BY CHOICE.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN TRIED,
IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.
IN THE END ACTUALLY SOCIALISM RUNS OUT OF
THE MONEY BECAUSE IT PROMISES FREE EDUCATION,
FREE HEALTHCARE, FREE EVERYTHING.
FREE COLLEGE WOULD BE A GREAT START,
4 YEAR UNIVERSITIES SHOULD BE FREE.
BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR IT AND IT CANNOT
GENERATE THAT KIND OF A GROWTH THAT YOU CAN
ACCUMULATE THAT KIND OF TAX REVENUE THAT YOU CAN
PAY FOR EVERYTHING AND HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH,
IT DOESN'T WORK.
SOCIALISM SAYS EVERYONE IS THE SAME.
WELL, AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS NOT THE SAME.
SOCIALISM HAS KIND OF PROVED ITSELF TO BE
BANKRUPT, BUT IT'S NOT DYING OUT IN THE
INTELLECTUAL WORLD.
WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
SOCIALIST THINKING IS CREEPING INTO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AND ALSO INTO THE CHURCHES.
THERE IS A CONCERN THAT SOCIALISM- AND THE
PHILOSOPHY BEHIND IT- IS EXTENDING ITS TENTACLES
INTO AMERICAN LIFE.
I BELIEVE IN MANY OF OUR GOVERNMENT POLICIES,
UNWITTINGLY, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS ALLOWING
HIMSELF TO BE LED BY GROUPS THAT HAVE LEFT
LEANINGS TOWARD A MANIFESTATION OF
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM IS THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING THE
ECONOMY THE GOVERNMENT GUIDING OR OWNING
RESOURCES IN THE ECONOMY, NOT PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE
MARKETS.
AND GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM MANIFESTLY DOES NOT WORK.
IF IT DID, THE SOVIET UNION WOULD'VE WON THE
COLD WAR.
SOCIALISM INVOLVES THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF
THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION, BUT THERE CAN BE DEGREES
OF FREEDOM UNDER SUCH A SYSTEM.
COMMUNISM IS SOCIALISM IMPOSED BY BRUTAL FORCE.
BUT THE OVERALL GOAL OF ALL SOCIALISM GETS BACK
TO ONE THING: GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
FOR EXAMPLE, KARL MARX WROTE:
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED AGAINST
THEIR WILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON POT IN A
COLLECTIVE SCHEME?
WHAT YOU WIND UP WITH IS FORCED COLLECTIVISM.
THE COLLECTIVISM CAN NEVER BE DONE VOLUNTARILY ON A
MASS LEVEL, MAYBE WITH SOME LITTLE SMALL KIBBUTZ
IN ISRAEL, MAYBE WITH SOME LITTLE COMMUNE OF HIPPIES
THEY'RE SMOKING DOPE OUT IN COLORADO SOMEWHERE AND
THEY GROW VEGETABLES IT MIGHT WORK THERE.
BUT ON A MASS OF PEOPLE SUCH AS THE THIRD MOST
POPULATED NATION IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET EVERYBODY TO
VOLUNTARILY PUT ALL OF THEIR ASSETS, ALL OF THEIR
LABORS, ALL OF THEIR PRODUCT INTO THIS GREAT BIG POT
FOR SOMEBODY TO DECIDE HOW MUCH THEY GET BACK?
AND THE ANSWER IS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM TO
DO THAT VOLUNTARILY, IT'S AGAINST HUMAN NATURE,
IT'S AGAINST THE LAWS OF GOD,
IT'S AGAINST HOW WE WERE CREATED BY GOD SO YOUR
ONLY SOLUTION THEN IS TO TAKE IT BY FORCE AND IF
THEY WON'T SURRENDER IT THEN TO KILL THEM.
IN THE 20TH CENTURY MORE PEOPLE DIED AT THE HANDS
OF THEIR OWN ATHEIST, SOCIALIST, MARXIST
GOVERNMENTS THEN DIED IN ALL THE WARS IN ALL
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
WE'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE MURDERED BY
THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD
NOT ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY
PRODUCED SHOULD BE SURRENDERED TO THE STATE.
YET SOCIALISM IS TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS,
AT VIRTUALLY EVERY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN THE
UNIVERSITIES.
JOSHUA MURAVCHIK HAS WRITTEN A DEFINITIVE BOOK
ON THE HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT- HEAVEN ON EARTH:
THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIALISM.
IF YOU GO TO UNIVERSITIES, ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD,
INCLUDING VERY MUCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
WHICH IS NOT A VERY LEFTIST COUNTRY ON THE
WHOLE, BUT YOU'LL FIND LOADS OF PROFESSORS SOME
WILL CALL THEMSELVES MARXISTS AND OTHERS WHO
WILL STOP SHORT OF CALLING THEMSELVES MARXISTS,
BUT WILL SAY MARX HAD WONDERFUL INSIGHTS THAT
HELP US TO INTERPRET THE WORLD.
NOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 21 YEAR OLD CONSERVATIVE
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS IN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES THAT
ARE THINKING MORE OR LESS LIKE SOCIALISTS.
NOW, THEY'RE NOT SECULARISTS, BUT WHEN
IT COMES TO THEIR BASIC ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING,
THEIR BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ECONOMICS
IS LIKE, THEY THINK NOT ONLY IS IT CORRECT,
THEY THINK THAT IN FACT THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
IMPLIES OR REQUIRES SOCIALISM.
THE FOUNDERS HAD A VISION FOR CREATING A UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATES CREATED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO HAVE IT BE LIMITED,
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BE LIMITED AND HAVE MANY
CHECKS AND BALANCES, AND THEIR WHOLE GOAL WAS TO
KEEP FROM AMASSING LARGE CENTRALIZED FEDERAL POWER.
TO OUR DETRIMENT MANY PEOPLE TODAY HAVE
FORGOTTEN THE LESSONS OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WHO
CREATED A UNIQUE NATION AMONG ALL THE NATIONS IN
THE WORLD.
THE GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF SOCIALISM IN AMERICA IS
NOT MERE RHETORIC.
IN REALITY, SOCIALISM- THOUGH FEW CALLED IT THAT-
GOT A FOOTHOLD IN AMERICA BACK IN THE NEW DEAL
PROGRAMS OF THE 1930'S.
AND AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IN RECENT YEARS,
SUPPORT FOR SOCIALISM HAS SURGED IN AMERICA.
RARELY IS THE TERM "SOCIALISM" ACTUALLY
APPLIED, BUT SOCIALISTIC GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ABOUND
IN OUR DAY.
WE ARE READY TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY IN A FUNDAMENTALLY
NEW DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
CHANGE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
(APPLAUSE)
AS HE GOT CLOSER TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
BARRACK OBAMA FAMOUSLY MADE THIS REMARK.
WE ARE 5 DAYS AWAY FROM FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WELL THIS ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT THE FUNCTION
OF GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE TO REDISTRIBUTE INCOME AND
NOT TO CREATE WEALTH BUT TO REDISTRIBUTE IT.
THINK OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH
REDISTRIBUTING INCOME, THOSE ARE THE POOREST
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
LONG BEFORE HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT,
NOTE WHAT BARACK OBAMA SAID ON A CHICAGO RADIO
STATION IN 2001.
"THE SUPREME COURT NEVER VENTURED INTO THE ISSUES
OF REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND SORT OF MORE
BASIC ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN
THIS SOCIETY.
I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BRINGING ABOUT MAJOR
REDISTRIBUTIVE CHANGE THROUGH THE COURTS.
THE INSTITUTION JUST ISN'T STRUCTURED THAT WAY."
CRITICS WOULD NOTE THAT DEFINING JUSTICE IN TERMS
OF REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH IS AN IDEA IMPORTED FROM
CLASSIC SOCIALISM.
PRESIDENT OBAMA INITIATED ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS
IN SO-CALLED STIMULUS SPENDING- THAT ACTUALLY
LED TO VERY FEW NEW JOBS.
THE GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER GENERAL MOTORS AND OTHER
STRUGGLING INDUSTRIES.
AND OBAMA PROMISED TO OVERHAUL THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM, ABOUT ONE-SIXTH OF THE NATION'S ECONOMY,
WITH GREAT ASSURANCES.
IF YOU LIKE YOUR PLAN AND YOU LIKE YOUR DOCTOR,
YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO A THING, YOU KEEP YOUR PLAN.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST LAWS THAT'S EVER BEEN
CREATED AND PASSED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE CAN'T AFFORD A TRILLION DOLLARS OF
NEW ENTITLEMENTS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, OBAMA CARE IS DESIGNED TO
HAVE A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST BAD FOR OUR FISCAL HEALTH:
IT'S BAD FOR OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO A GOVERNMENT-APPROVED
DOCTOR OR DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT EVERY
TIME YOU WANT A PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR
YOU WANT A NEW PROCEDURE?
THIS IS REALLY SCARY STUFF IN TERMS OF PATIENTS BEING
ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE.
FURTHERMORE, ALTHOUGH CONGRESS REFORMED WELFARE
IN THE 1990'S, SLOWLY PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEGUN
TO UNDO WELFARE REFORM, SO MUCH SO THAT NOW
46 MILLION AMERICANS- OR NEARLY ONE OUT OF SIX OF
US- ARE ON FOOD STAMPS.
AND A RECORD 94 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS ARE NOT IN
THE WORKFORCE- MANY OF WHOM WISH TO BE WORKING.
YOU'VE GOT A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO ARE GETTING
MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT EACH MONTH FOR THEIR
INCOME AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ONLY HALF OF THE AMERICANS
OR LESS WHO ARE PAYING TAXES.
ONCE YOU HIT THAT TIPPING POINT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
VOTERS ARE GOING TO SAY YES, GIVE US MORE AND MORE
AND MORE GOVERNMENT AND TAX THAT OTHER GUY:
THE OTHER GUY WILL PAY ALL THE BILLS.
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING THAT DEMOCRACIES WILL
PERISH WHEN THE POPULATION REALIZES THEY CAN JUST
IMPOSE HIGHER AND HIGHER TAXES ON THE OTHER PEOPLE.
THESE MASSIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS COST ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO A NATION WITH A NEARLY
20 TRILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL DEBT.
YET MANY PEOPLE JUSTIFY THEM IN THE NAME OF "SOCIAL
JUSTICE"- AS IF IT'S THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO.
BASICALLY WE'RE ROBBING THE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE OF
OUR ECONOMY TODAY TO GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNPRODUCTIVE.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF OUR
ENORMOUS OVERSPENDING ARE OUR CHILDREN,
GRANDCHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S CHRISTIAN TO PASS ON THESE
ENORMOUS MILLSTONES OF DEBT ON TO THE NECKS
OF OUR CHILDREN.
WE ARE LEAVING TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN'S CHILDREN THE BIGGEST DEBT
BURDEN IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
AS WE'VE SEEN, SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMS HAVE PROLIFERATED
IN RECENT YEARS.
AND THERE'S A GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF SOCIALISM-
EVEN BY THAT NAME- AMONG YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN
AMERICA.
BUT THERE'S A MORE IMPORTANT,
MORE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE AT STAKE THAN SOCIALISM'S
MERE POPULARITY.
IS SOCIALISM A GOOD ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON
REALITY AS GOD MADE IT?
OR, TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY: DOES THE BIBLE TEACH
SOCIALISM?
ONE OF THE GREAT CLASHES IN THE MODERN WORLD IS
BETWEEN TWO MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE SYSTEMS:
SOCIALISM AND FREE ENTERPRISE,
SOMETIMES CALLED CAPITALISM.
ADVOCATES OF SOCIALISM CLAIM THAT IT IS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE AND COMPASSIONATE SYSTEM
FOR TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, EVEN THAT IT EMBODIES THE
CORE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY.
FRANKLY, SOCIALISM HAS THE BEST BRANDING AND IT
APPEALS TO QUITE LEGITIMATE MORAL INTUITIONS THAT
CHRISTIANS HAVE.
BY CONTRAST, THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM IS
PORTRAYED AS COLD AND GREED-DRIVEN,
CARELESSLY LEAVING DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE
IN ITS WAKE.
BUT IS THIS TRUE?
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY ABOUT IT?
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES SOCIALISM.
I THINK THAT THAT IS A MENTAL CONSTRUCT THAT
FOLKS HAVE TRIED TO SUPERIMPOSE ON THE BIBLE.
THE BIBLE TEACHES PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WE ARE TO CARE FOR OUR
NEIGHBOR.
SOCIALISM WON'T WORK BECAUSE SOCIALISM IS
BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION THAT MAN IS BASICALLY
NEUTRAL OR GOOD.
WE ARE FALLEN BEINGS AND CORRUPT BEINGS;
AND THEREFORE, YOU CAN'T REDEEM THE WORLD THROUGH
HUMAN AGENCY.
BUT EVERYBODY ON THE LEFT ACTUALLY BELIEVES THAT
IT'S SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE THE PROBLEM,
NOT PEOPLE.
THAT IT'S CAPITALISM THAT DIVIDES THEM, PRIVATE
PROPERTY MAKES THEM RACISTS AND EXPLOITERS.
NONSENSE, PEOPLE DO THAT.
ONE OF THE KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE IS
THAT ONE IS EXPECTED TO EARN ONE'S KEEP.
THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE TO THE CHURCH IN
THESSALONICA, WHERE SOME WERE LAZING AROUND,
WAITING FOR THE SECOND COMING.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO WORK, OR
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A PARTICULARLY
DIFFICULT TIME SUCH AS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,
THE BIBLE CERTAINLY TEACHES CHARITY.
IN FACT, HISTORICALLY, IT WAS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
THAT UNLOCKED THE FORCES OF CHARITY.
IT WAS JESUS CHRIST WHO TAUGHT THE PARABLE OF THE
GOOD SAMARITAN, AND HE TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS TO:
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHO IS HELPING THE POOR
RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA, IT IS EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
WHO OUT OF THE LARGESS AND GENEROSITY OF THEIR HEART
ARE GIVING BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO
HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONS.
THE BIBLE TEACHES CHARITY AND THAT'S FREELY GIVING
TO THOSE WHO HAVE A NEED.
BUT SOCIALISM IS FORCIBLY TAKING FROM ONE PERSON AND
GIVING TO ANOTHER, AND IT'S THE GOVERNMENT OR
THE AUTHORITIES THAT ARE DOING IT.
AND THAT'S STEALING.
THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMOTE SOCIALISM DO IT
AS IF THEY'RE THE ONES BEING KIND.
BUT REALLY THEY'RE SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S
MONEY IN THEIR KINDNESS.
AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS THE FACT THAT EVERY
DOLLAR THE GOVERNMENT GIVES TO ONE PERSON IS A
DOLLAR IT, HAVING NO MONEY OF ITS OWN,
HAS TAKEN FROM SOMEONE ELSE BY FORCE OF LAW.
BUT THE TEN COMMANDMENT GIVES US A CLEAR
DECLARATION FROM GOD ON THIS TOPIC-
TWO OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PRESUPPOSE THE LEGITIMACY
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
DO NOT STEAL- THAT IMPLIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
SOME PROPERTY THAT YOU LEGITIMATELY BELONGS TO
THEM AND THAT IT'S WRONG TO COERCIVELY TAKE IT
FROM THEM.
DO NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WIFE OR HIS
POSSESSIONS- THAT IMPLIES THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN THAT WE
JUSTLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO.
ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH SOCIALISM IS IT'S
BASED ON COVETOUSNESS.
WHEN YOU HEAR A POLITICIAN PROMOTING A POLICY THAT A
SOCIALIST POLICY, THE WAY HE SELLS IT IS BY SAYING,
THE WEALTHY HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU OUGHT TO HAVE.
WE SHOULD TAKE FROM THE WEALTHY TO GIVE TO YOU.
AND HE'S TAPPING INTO THE VOTER'S OR THE LISTENER'S
SENSE OF GREED OR COVETOUSNESS THAT I WANT
WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS.
AND RATHER THAN WORKING FOR IT,
I WANT IT TAKEN FROM THEM AND GIVEN TO ME.
THE BIBLE DOES CALL FOR CHRISTIANS TO PAY THEIR
TAXES TO THE GOVERNMENT, AND SOME LEVEL OF TAXATION
FOR THE COMMON GOOD IS EXPECTED.
STILL, DESPITE THESE MORAL PROBLEMS WITH GOVERNMENT
CONFISCATION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH,
MANY ADVOCATES OF SOCIALISM HAVE POINTED
TO THE BIBLE FOR JUSTIFICATION.
ONE SUCH PASSAGE IS ACTS 2, WHERE THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS SHARED THEIR PROPERTY.
SOME HAVE SAID THIS WAS A PRIMITIVE FORM
OF COMMUNISM.
IT SAYS:
THIS IS NOWHERE HELD UP IN SCRIPTURE
OR CHRISTIAN TRADITION AS THE UNIVERSAL MODEL
FOR CHRISTIANS.
THIS IS NOT COMMUNISM, THIS IS NOT SOCIALISM,
THIS IS CHRISTIANITY, THIS IS CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER.
AND IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING IT;
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN ME DIRECTING ME TO
BE LED OF GOD'S SPIRIT TO HELP THE BODY OF CHRIST,
AND NOT ONLY TO HELP THE BODY OF CHRIST,
BUT TO HELP OTHERS.
A FEW CHAPTERS LATER, IN ACTS 5, THERE'S AN
INCIDENT WHERE A COUPLE, ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA SELL
THEIR HOUSE AND GIVE MOST OF THE PROCEEDS
TO THE CHURCH.
THEY COME UNDER THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, HOWEVER,
AFTER HOLDING BACK A PORTION FOR THEMSELVES.
SOME SOCIALISTS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THIS JUDGMENT
IS A REPUDIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
BUT A CLOSE READING OF THE TEXT SHOWS THE OPPOSITE IS
THE CASE.
WHAT'S MORE, CLASSIC SOCIALISM AND ITS
OFFSPRING COMMUNISM ARE BASED ON A VIEW
OF THE UNIVERSE THAT EXCLUDES GOD.
THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS.
THIS IS WHY SIMPLY ON LOGICAL GROUNDS IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO BE BOTH AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND
AN ORTHODOX MARXIST.
YOU'RE EITHER GONNA BE VERY CONFUSED,
OR YOU'RE GONNA BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
SOCIALISM IS AN IDEA THAT KEEPS PEOPLE IN POVERTY.
AND SO IT'S VERY DESTRUCTIVE TO SOCIETIES
AND TO FAMILIES.
AND IT'S NOT A BIBLICAL CONCEPT.
THOUGH THE BIBLE CLEARLY DOES NOT TEACH SOCIALISM,
MILLIONS BELIEVE THAT IT DOES.
THAT'S THE VIEW MANY WELL-MEANING,
EAGER YOUNG CHRISTIANS PICK UP AT COLLEGE OR
PERHAPS FROM AN IDEALISTIC BUT MISLED YOUTH GROUP.
TODAY, JAY RICHARDS IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ECONOMIST,
PHILOSOPHER, AND AUTHOR WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
BUT AT ONE TIME AS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN,
JAY WAS DRAWN INTO THE FALSE WORLDVIEW OF
SOCIALISM, BELIEVING IT TO BE BIBLICAL.
I GREW UP IN A MEDIUM SIZE CITY IN TEXAS,
MORE OR LESS AS A KIND OF CONVENTIONAL MAINLINE
CHRISTIAN, BUT GOT OFF TO COLLEGE,
A VERY LIBERAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN SOUTH
TEXAS, AND IMMEDIATELY FELL IN WITH SOCIALIST AND
MARXIST THINKING.
IN FACT, MY VERY FIRST COURSE IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE I HAD TO READ THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO BY
MARX AND ENGELS AND A BOOK CALLED DEMOCRACY FOR THE FEW
BY AN AMERICAN SOCIALIST NAMED MICHAEL PARENTI.
AND I READ PARENTI'S BOOK ABOUT FIVE TIMES THAT
SEMESTER AND READ THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.
SO, BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER,
I WAS MORE OR LESS THINKING IN MARXIST
CATEGORIES AND FRANKLY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,
THOUGHT AS A SOCIALIST.
BUT I WAS ALSO, AT LEAST AT THE TIME MORE OR LESS A
CHRISTIAN AND THOUGHT A LOT OF THIS STUFF ACTUALLY
RESONATES WITH THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
JESUS, ON THE OTHER HAND TALKED ABOUT THE POOR,
HE TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE AND ALL THESE THINGS,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE SOCIALISTS WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
SO, IT'S VERY EASY FOR A FRESHMAN MIND IS NOT
THINKING CLEARLY ABOUT ECONOMICS,
TO SUDDENLY FIND THAT THE SOCIALIST VISION,
EVEN THE MARXIST VISION THROUGH A SHORN OF ITS
ATHEISM IS SOMEHOW COMPATIBLE WITH OR
EVEN IMPLIED BY THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN MY CASE IS I KEPT READING
ECONOMICS.
SO, THAT BY MY SENIOR YEAR IN COLLEGE,
I REALIZE COMMUNISM AND COLLECTIVISM,
THEY DON'T WORK ECONOMICALLY, BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING MORALLY WRONG WITH IT.
IT'S STILL MORE OR LESS BASED ON GREED.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS ACTUALLY IN THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AND STARTED READING SOME BOOKS BY A
GUY NAMED GEORGE GUILDER AND ANOTHER ONE NAMED
MICHAEL NOVAK THAT I REALIZED THAT IN FACT,
THAT CARICATURE OF CAPITALISM IS JUST THAT,
IT'S A CARICATURE.
CAPITALISM IS NOT BASED ON GREED;
RATHER IT CHANNELS GREED, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU
WOULD WANT OF AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN A FALLEN WORLD.
THE FRUITS OF SOCIALISM COULDN'T BE WORSE.
IN FACT, THERE'S NO POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAT'S
EVER KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN THE SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT.
AND SO, FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE,
JUST FROM A GENERICALLY MORAL PERSPECTIVE,
THE IDEA THAT SOCIALISM OUGHT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF
PROMISE FOR REDEEMING HUMAN BEINGS OR HELPING
US, IT'S ABSURD.
JUST LOOK AT THE RECORD.
AS YOU'VE SEEN ON TODAY'S PROGRAM,
SOCIALISM IS AN IDEOLOGY BORN OF ATHEISM.
IT IS GROUNDED IN A FALSE WORLDVIEW,
WHICH SEES MAN AS PERFECTIBLE AND A UTOPIAN SOCIETY
AS ACHIEVABLE.
BUT THE FALSE UTOPIA INVARIABLY BRINGS FORTH
SOCIALISM'S ONLY FRUIT, WHICH IS TYRANNY.
YET THE DECEITFUL ALLURE OF SOCIALISM CONTINUES TO
ATTRACT A NEW GENERATION, IGNORANT OF ITS CLAIMS AND
RESULTS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR
AMERICANS TO UNDERSTAND THE THREAT OF SOCIALISM.
AND WE HAVE AN EXCITING NEW PROJECT TO SHINE THE
LIGHT OF TRUTH ON THE SHADOWY LIES OF SOCIALISM.
HERE IS MY DEAR FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY
TO TELL US MORE.
JENNIFER WELCOME.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
THE STATISTICS ARE FRIGHTENING.
A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT AMERICANS UNDER 30
PREFERRED SOCIALISM TO CAPITALISM.
43 PERCENT OF THEM SAID THEY HAD A FAVORABLE VIEW
OF SOCIALISM.
ACCEPTANCE OF SOCIALISM IS ON THE RISE AMONG A
GENERATION THAT HAS LITTLE MEMORY OF THE 20TH
CENTURY.
A SOCIALIST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT MADE A SERIOUS
RUN IN 2016, AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF A FEW YEARS
BEFORE ONE IS ELECTED AT THE CURRENT RATE.
THIS SIMPLY CANNOT HAPPEN.
THIS SORT OF IGNORANCE OF THE BIBLICAL AND ECONOMIC
REALITIES IS A DANGER TO US ALL.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A BRAND NEW
SPECIAL ON SOCIALISM TO AIR LATER THIS MONTH,
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PRODUCE AND AIR IT.
THE PROGRAM IS CALLED THREE BIG LIES OF
SOCIALISM, AND OUR TEAM IS FINALIZING THIS POWERFUL
SPECIAL EVEN AS WE SPEAK.
IF YOU WILL HELP US PRODUCE AND AIR THIS
HARD-HITTING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE
OTHER WORK OF THIS MINISTRY,
WE'LL SEND YOU A DVD COPY OF THREE BIG LIES OF
SOCIALISM AS SOON AS IT'S FINISHED.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
THE LIES OF SOCIALISM HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR DECADES,
AND RARELY ARE THEY COUNTERED IN OUR MEDIA!
SOCIALISM SAYS THERE IS NO GOD.
IT CLAIMS WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
AND ITS PROPONENTS SAY SOCIALISM WORKS IN PLACES
LIKE SWEDEN.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL DANGEROUS LIES- AND WE'LL
EXPOSE THEM ON THE SPECIAL PROGRAM,
THREE BIG LIES OF SOCIALISM.
WITH A MAJOR NATIONAL ELECTION COMING UP IN JUST
WEEKS, AND WITH AMERICA LURCHING EVER-CLOSER TO
SOCIALISM, IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THE
WORD OUT.
PLEASE, GIVE A GENEROUS DONATION TO HELP US
PRODUCE AND AIR THREE BIG LIES OF SOCIALISM,
AS WELL AS TO CONTINUE THE ONGOING WORK OF THIS
MINISTRY, AND WE'LL SEND YOU A DVD COPY OF THIS
SPECIAL PROGRAM- WHICH WILL INCLUDE BONUS
MATERIAL YOU WON'T SEE IN THE BROADCAST VERSION- AS
SOON AS IT'S COMPLETED.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
DANGER OF SOCIALISM AND THE BIBLICAL TRUTH THAT
DESTROYS ITS FOUNDATIONS.
ANY SYSTEM THAT TRIES TO DETHRONE GOD AND UNDERMINE
THE BIBLICAL TRUTH ABOUT MANKIND IS DESTINED TO
FAIL.
MAY OUR NATION LEARN THESE LESSONS NOW BEFORE WE GO
ANY FURTHER DOWN THE PATH TOWARD THE END OF FAITH
AND OF FREEDOM.
TO THAT END, MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN SEPTEMBER 25TH FOR
THE NEW SPECIAL PROGRAM: THREE BIG LIES OF
SOCIALISM.
THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING ROAD BACK TO
SANITY SERIES.
THANKS FOR WATCHING TODAY.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA.
THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES
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