Re: Eberhard Arnold on Socialism

Bruderhof wrote:

> It is not possible to equate a life in Christ, lived by grace, with 
> political socialism. On the other hand I feel strongly that many of the 
> demands of conscience raised by socialists are born of the same longings

> that animated people in the time of John the Baptist…
> 


The movement of conscience that is alive in socialism and communism is 
directed against the rule of mammon and bloodshed, against class hatred
and 
greed. This movement comes from deep within; it is a movement of God. But 
this does not prevent me from recognizing, at the same time, the presence 
of powerful satanic and demonic forces at work in these same political 
movements.