"Socialist Utopia"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.

Acts 2:44

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Please note that this is after the Holy Spirit came upon them

Seems nowadays evangelical ‘Christians’ think the only thing the Holy Spirit is good for is speaking in tongues.

[onethatcares]

2. I thought it was

speaking in bullshit, but I guess definitions change.....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm a lapsed Baptist. I once told the minister we need to emphasize the Social Gospel.

He said it's better to go to Heaven on an empty stomach than to go to Hell on a full one. I said how about going to Heaven on a full one.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Mainstream Christianity skews toward prosperity gospel

even if it’s not stated explicitly. Social gospel is too often merely an afterthought.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I have been exposed to a lot of religions.

Sitting in the pews I must say the Catholics do the most to propose the Social Gospel.