1. Capitalism and Socialism God Cares About Government so you should too! 1

2. Freedom or “Free Stuff” God Cares About Government so you should too! 2

3. Via Negativa Capitalism 3

4. Current Bias Current Bias Germany – Jew = hatred America – Capitalism/rich =hatred – Christian school Being rich worse than being criminal 4

5. Capitalism and Socialism “I’m not interested in government or politics” or Christians/church should not be involved in politics… – Family, Church … any other of God’s institutions we should neglect? Government and politics matter – Biblically Colossians 1:15-20 – – Government is the Lord’s idea, he cares about it and so should we Romans 13 – Government is a human agent or vehicle for God to work through – Practically/pragmatically North and South Korea 5

6. North Korea 6

7. South Korea 7

8. North and South Korea church South Korea Only the US sends out more cross-cultural missionaries than South Korea: 16,616 missionaries to 173 countries. By 2030 the Korean church wants that number to be 100,000. The capital Seoul contains eleven of the world’s twelve largest congregations. The Yoido Full Gospel Church is the largest single church in the world. Its 800,000 members attend different services across dozens of campuses. Every year they add 10,000 members North Korea no known – Missionaries – Publication of Christian literature – Churches – Free worship 8

9. Capitalism and Socialism 9

10. A history lesson might help 10

11. Dangerous times History is: 1.Lost or unknown 2.Rewritten 3.Apathy 11

12. History lost or unknown “He’s a cool dude” – Why is he cool? “I don’t know, man, he did some cool stuff” – Do you know the evil that he is responsible for? “yeah, I heard something about that but you can’t trust that kind of stuff you don’t even know if it’s true” 12

13. History rewritten Christianity under attack 1.Yes, evil has and is done in the false name of Christianity (KKK, kooks, etc.) 2.Yes, born-again, regenerated evangelical Christians can do terrible things – just asking King David 13

14. History rewritten Christianity under attack 3.The claims against religion, in general, and specifically against Christianity are, by and large distortions, ignore and falsify historical evidence and are highly exaggerated – Prominent atheist have been very successful convincing millions of people that religion has been the bane of history “religion and in particular, Christianity, has given us stonings, witch-burnings, crusades, inquisitions, Jihad, fatwas, suicide bombers and abortion clinic gunmen” (Sam Harris The End of Faith) 14

15. History rewritten Christianity under attack 4.The horrors of the lack of Christianity (atheism, Marxism, communism, etc.) are unimaginably horrific 15

16. History rewritten Christianity under attack Rethinking History “Islam Is a peaceful religion which has been hijacked by a few and receives bad press. We need to take a look at Christianity as well. Christians have done a lot of bad things in the name of Christ throughout the ages“ – Mr. xxxxx - history teacher in a Christian school 16

17. History rewritten Christianity under attack The Crusades – “a set of world historical Christian crimes whose trail of violence scars the earth in human memory even to this day” James Carroll This is a common theme – religion is bad but Christianity is worse But is it true? 17

18. History rewritten Christianity under attack The Crusades revisited – Before the rise of Islam the region we call the Middle East was predominately Christian – More than 200 years after Islamic armies conquered the Middle East and forced their way into Europe, Christians finally did strike back – Rallied by the Pope Urban II and ruling dynasties in Europe, 11 th century Christians attempted to recover the heartland Christianity and defended against militant Islam – These efforts are now called the Crusades this term is a later invention was not used by Christians or Muslims who fought the battles 18

19. History rewritten Christianity under attack Who were the crusaders? – portrayed as murderous and greedy conquerors Their rulers provided nothing – they were expected to bring their own supplies and equipment most expected and did come back poor then they left yes there was looting and forging on the way 19

20. History rewritten Christianity under attack The 1st Crusade was a success and Christians captured Jerusalem in 1009 and held it for several decades The Muslims regrouped and routed the Crusaders and Saladin reconquered Jerusalem in 1187 Subsequent Crusades were failures and Jerusalem remained under Muslim rule 20

21. History rewritten Christianity under attack Crusades – would be better described as a belated, clumsy and unsuccessful effort to defeat Islamic imperialism ithout the Crusades, Western civilization might have been complete overrun by the forces of Islam 21

22. History rewritten Christianity under attack The Inquisition – contemporary historians have now established that the horrific images of Inquisition are largely a myth concocted first by the political enemies of Spain – mainly English writers who shaped our American understanding of that event – the idea that the Inquisition targeted Jews is fantasy – Inquisition trials were fair and more lenient than their secular counterparts not only in Spain but across Europe 22

23. History rewritten Christianity under attack The Inquisition – frequently the penalty was only a form of penance – while the unjustifiable death of every human being is tragic accurate historical estimations are between 1000 and 2000 deaths over 350 year period of time – not the overly sensationalized amounts conveyed 23

24. History rewritten Christianity under attack Witch trials in Europe – “no one knows how many were killed perhaps hundreds of thousands or even millions Carl Sagan (citing no sources) – historical sources put the number at slightly less than 100,000 – Numbers matter I scream and sin against my co-worker once a month; I scream and sin against my co-worker 100 times a month 24

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26. Communism Myriads of lesser atheistic tyrants – Fidel Castro – Kim Jong- ILL – Ahmadinejad – Pol Pot Leader of the Khmer Rouge (Communist Party that ruled Cambodia from 1975 – 1979) Tortured and mass murdered 1.5 – 2 million people using them for fertilizer 26

27. Communism– the big 3 1.Stalin 2.Hitler 3. Mao 27

28. Comparing the big 3’s of atheism and “Christianity” Stalin, Hitler and Mao Zedung Collectively their atheistic regimes in a single century murdered more than 100 million people Unmeasurable suffering Crusades, Inquisition and Witch hunts 200,000 deaths 28

29. Comparing the big 3’s of atheism and “Christianity” 200,000 : 100,000,000 Deaths caused by “Christian rulers” over a 500 Year period of time amount to only.002% of the number of the deaths caused by communist atheists of Stalin, Hitler and Mao in a space of a few decades Atheistic regimes operate without the moral restraints that religion produces 29

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32. Marxism The name comes from Karl Marx (1818 – 1883), a German thinker born into a Jewish family that converted to Christianity when he was born. He became an atheist before college. – rejected any notion of a Creator or transcendent being. – The universe started and sustains itself – no outside force required. – We created God and religion in our image to meet our needs. – Matter is the highest reality – evolved into mankind as its most elevated form. 32

33. Marxism Since no transcendent Lawgiver exists, Marxism rejects moral absolutes. It considers: – mankind good, – but believes in evil, described as economic inequity and the ensuing abuse of power. – Human injustice results from class conflict between the haves and have-nots. Private property amplifies greed, leading to social ills, which must be corrected by revolution replacing the old economic structures with new ones. – The ends justify the means as long as those promote the communist society Marxism seeks. 33

34. Marxism The new society will have no wages, money, or social classes, an eventually no state. Utopia is achieved when there is eventually no state!?! 34

35. Socialism 1.seeks to create immediate material equality for all people by standardizing wages, confiscating from wealthier residents much of their personal holdings and also highly regulating and taxing industry. 2.legislates government control over property, handing over production and delivery of material goods to the state. 3.Marxists believe socialism is a temporary half-life between capitalism and communism. 35

36. Current Socialist Countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_countries Bangladesh Republic of India Democratic Socialistic Republic of Sri Lanka United Republic of Tanzania Syrian Arab Republic 36

37. Previous Socialist Countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_countries Algeria Republic of Egypt Ghana Indonesia Iraq Kenya Libyan Arab Republic Nicaragua Sudan Uganda United Arab Republic All currently one-party systems. 37

38. Socialism and communism Communism and Socialism describe a progression of philosophies. The relationship between these policies and Marxism is that they aim, in varying degrees, at achieving the ends of Marxism 38

39. Socialism and communism 39

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43. Social justice A new name for an old enemy socialism 43

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45. Socialism 1.There is No Private Property, - the State Owns all 1.In Socialism, government holds all right to property ownership, even if all goods are not yet confiscated 1.The Ten Commandments form the center of the Old and New Testament law. Rules against theft and coveting, contained therein, demand pre-existing private property rights. 2.Knowing this, would Christ then still insist government had exclusive legal claim to all property? 3.Yet, even if government did own all property, would the Bible writers posit the state would wisely allocate property according to Christ’s standards? 45

46. Socialism 2.Socialism Ignores Laziness – Socialism financially supports those refusing to work Proverbs 6:6-8 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 you…For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.” 46

47. Socialism 3.Teaches all Authority belongs to the government – Col 1 ; Rom 13; Matt 22 – John 19:8-11, Pilate asks, “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?” Jesus replied, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above” Declaration of Independence - rights come from God – In Acts 4:19-20, when the Apostles were ordered to stop evangelizing, they responded, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God 47

48. Socialism 4.Branch of Humanism – Socialism is an atheistic, humanistic philosophical system – Romans 12:2—Don’t conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…to test and approve what God’s will is 48

49. Socialism 5.Seeks to create heaven on earth by believing a Utopia can be achieved by making everything equal – Revelations 21:1-4—“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away… I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”“ – Doesn’t the Bible portray Heaven, or the New Jerusalem, arriving after the return of Christ, as a perfect city? – If Paradise does come to earth, will it really be delivered by secular atheists using Marxist doctrines? 49

50. Socialism 6.The state replaces the church – it is the primary role of government to protect the people and have just laws – Primary role of the Church is to advance the Gospel which in turn help the needy – In Matthew 22:15-21, Christ says, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Jesus separates civil government and church 50

51. Current President 1.Childhood – Indonesia 1. anti Colonialism 2.Mentored by Frank Marshall Davis 1. a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, 1.John Drew, who knew him at Occidental College, told Kengor (Author of The Communist) that “Obama was already an ardent Marxist when I met him in the fall of 1980.” 3. Pastor - Jeremiah Wright 1.Anti American Racist 4.Association Bill Ayers 1.Anti American terrorist 5.Favorite Prof Roger Boesche 1.Socialist 51

52. Freedom or “Free Stuff” God Cares About Government so you should too! 52

53. Capitalism an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. 53

54. Capitalism So, what ARE those Biblical principles that, if adhered to, would produce a “righteous” form of Capitalism? 54

55. Capitalism 1.Enables libertarian free trade and economic association. 2. Punishes theft. 3. Honors property and intellectual rights. 4. Enforces pre-established agreements and contracts. 5. Enables upward mobility. 6. Rewards hard work, persistence, risk taking, and entrepreneurship. 7. Benefits the population by raising the standard of living. 8. Punishes monopolies. 9. Promotes good stewardship of resources. 10. Promotes giving and charity. 55

56. Capitalism A Capitalistic system that encompasses these rules already exists. It exists right here in the United States of America. It is our form of American restrained Capitalism given to us by the faith, wisdom, hardship and blood of our largely Christian Founders. Are there abuses, sure, but that does not argue against the system it only points to evil hearts that abuse systems 56

57. Government God created government and it is his minister or servant With the exception of the coming theocracy, all governments are fallen Therefore we must promote and facilitate governments which will be the most reflective of biblical principles and facilitate freedom of the gospel 57

58. Socialism (so´she-lîz´em) noun 1. a. A social system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are owned collectively and political power is exercised by the whole community. b. The theory or practice of those who support such a social system. 2. The building of the material base for communism under the dictatorship of the proletariat in Marxist-Leninist theory. Communism (kòm´ye-nîz´em) noun 1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. 2. Communism. a. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. b. The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat 58