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Originally Posted by Draught Horse  Exodus 20
Now, if Moses were a Marxist (or anyone who denied private property), he could immediately rebut God by saying that stealing presupposes, at one level, private property. It assumes there is something that the government doesn't own.
Hat Tip to R.C. Sproul Jr. |
I have thought on this as well. But I also think that if Marx gave a rip about what Scripture said, that he would probably just say that you are somewhat correct, with a false inference. He would say that you are correct in that stealing presupposes property, but that you weren't correct in infering that it is private property. He would simply say that verse means you can't jack the government.
Of course he would have to deal with all of the case law, which further define the law. The case law would prove that it assumes the existence of private property.
home run.