Ken Burch
1 min readMar 1, 2021

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FIrst of all, disregard the claps. That was in accident.

Second, I'd agree that a Christian can't be a large "C" Communist(i.e., a Stalinist or Maoist), but the teachings of Christ were largely a type of small "c" libertarian communism- Christ's teachings were about sharing all that you have, treating everyone as your equal and with respect, and creating a future where all would in peace and without any forms of bigotry-including homophobia, since Jesus never actually said anything condemnatory about LGBTQ people. There is little in anything in the Gospels that could be used to justify the obsession with property rights, the demonization of undocumented humans- Mary and Joseph were undocumented humans, after all, which makes Jesus an "anchor baby" if you think about it- the creation of gated communities designed to keep out all who aren't white or wealthy, big "defense" budgets, perpetual war. or military academies where those being trained to be officers proudly proclaim themselves, and the future wars they dream of leading troops to kill and die in, as all part of being members of "Team Jesus".

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Ken Burch
Ken Burch

Written by Ken Burch

Retired Alaska ferryboat steward, grandparent, sometime poet. Radical yet independent of dogma. Likes nice days, playing banjo and not as yet dying of Covid.

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