Musing - Does Socialism Violate any of the 10 Commandments?

Hebraic Musing - Does Socialism Violate any of the 10 Commandments?

Many nations and countries have adopted Socialism and they have all failed the people in so many ways.  Why?  Maybe Socialism does not fit God’s plan for His people?  God gave us Ten Commandments which are universally accepted by the Judeo-Christian community.  However we now have each of the Democratic presidential candidates promoting Socialistic agendas and claiming it will work for the good of the people. 

Does Socialism agree with or does it violate each of the God-given Commandments?

You shall have no other gods before Me – Socialism and its offshoots — communism, fascism, democratic socialism and Nazism enshrine the state above all other powers.  There is no room for God, which is why socialists are in a permanent war with the church while promoting a faith-free society.

You shall make no idols – Idols are valued higher than God.  Government power over fellow man is the idol.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain – Socialists openly blaspheme God and especially Jesus Christ in order to enforce their new order.  Our entertainment industry openly promotes immorality.

Keep the Sabbath day holy – Sundays are no different from any other day in socialist societies.  Going to church on a Sunday identifies one as Christian and invites persecution.  As Atheism becomes the official state religion, respect for the Sabbath wanes.

Honor your father and your mother – Socialism wars with marriage and family.  “The Communist Manifesto” promotes doing away with marital fidelity and assigning children to communal rearing, the “Village”.  The authors understood the family to be a mainstay of the church, but since families becomes a competing source of authority the family stands in the way of the collectivist regime’s thinking.

You shall not murder – Socialists have long promoted abortion as a way to “liberate” women and men from parental responsibilities.

You shall not commit adultery – In the 1960s, Americans began using the term “free love”; but socialists have been promoting it heavily since the 1800s.  Sex outside marriage, prostitution, pornography and abortion all work against marital fidelity.  Socialists deploy euphemisms like “free choice” to cover the sinful behaviors. 

You shall not steal – Socialism is grand theft.  The state takes earnings from productive people and redistributes it to create dependency on the political powers that are handing it out.  Socialist countries first control and then seize private property. “The Communist Manifesto” promotes “Abolition of private property.”

You shall not bear false witness – Marx wrote “the ends justify the means,” so they can do or say anything as long as it advances the revolutionists goal.  “You can keep your health plan if you like your health plan.”

You shall not covet – Socialism gets its support by using envy, stoking resentment against others who have more, even to the point of using violence to get it, i.e. Smashing windows.

Deut. 28 starts with “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands…” and then lists 14 verses of blessings.  Then verse 15 states another promise. “However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: …” and the next 53 verses spell out all the curses to expect!   Doesn’t “fully obey” mean all Ten Commandments?

Points to ponder

What’s the score?  How many of the 10 commandments are being violated?

“They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.”  Neh. 9:17  NIV

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                          July 2, 2019

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
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Note – Inspired and excerpted from “How socialism violates all Ten Commandments” By Robert Knight