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10/29/12
MORE REVEALING QUOTES FROM THE PINKO COMMY LEFT
There are necessities without which life is impossible, for example, the fruits of the earth are necessary, and if the earth does not produce, life is impossible. Clothing to cover us, a roof and walls, shoes - these belong to the necessities, but all other possessions are superfluous.
- St. John Chrysostom
Then they (the philosophers) regarded it as the office (requisite) of justice that one should hold what is common, that is, what is public, as public property, and what is private as one's own. The latter institution, indeed, is not according to nature; for nature has poured forth all things as a common gift for all. Thus God decreed all things to be produced in such a way that there would be a common substance for all, and that the earth might be a kind of common possession for all. Nature, therefore, is the mother of common right, appropriation (usurpation) (the mother) of private right.
- St. Ambrose
For he would have us possess all things in common, both our bodies and our goods, as with them that are in need, so with them that insult us; for the latter comes of manliness, the former of mercifulness.
- St. John Chrysostom
[Note: It is MANLY to share with those who insult us and put up with them. It is merciful to share with the poor. It is God's will that we share all things in common, both our bodies and our goods.]
There was a certain man, Peter Telenearius, who, in order to get rid of the poor, threw rocks at them. One day when he was again surrounded by them, he had no stone handy, so he grabbed a loaf of bread and threw it at the head of one of them. Later he became sick and saw a vision in which his deeds were being weighed in the balance of divine justice. All his sins were on one side of the balance and on the other side was the bread thrown at the head of the poor. It had become acceptable to Jesus Christ as an act of mercy.
- St. John the Merciful
We who share one mind and soul obviously have no misgivings about community in property.
- Tertullian
All things belong to God, who is our Father and the Father of all things. We are all of the same family; all of us are brothers. And among brothers it is best and most equal that all inherit equal portions.
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
From "Go Forth..." Volume 22 Number 43, October 21, 2012
"The Fathers Speak: Christian Charity, Compassion, and Mercy"
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"HOW MANY POOR!"
"Whene'er I take my walks abroad, how many poor I see!"
Said pious Watts, and thanked the Lord that not so poor was he.
I see so many poor to-day I think I'll walk no more,
And then the poor in long array come knocking at my door.
The hungry poor! The dirty poor! The poor of evil smell!
Yet even these we could endure if they were only well!
But, O, this sick and crippled crew! The lame, the deaf, the blind!
What can a Christian person do with these upon his mind!
They keep diseases growing still like plants on greenhouse shelves,
And they're so generous they will not keep them to themselves;
They propagate amazing crimes and vices scandalous,
And then at most uncertain times they wreak the same on us!
With charity we would prevent this poverty and woe,
But find the more we've fondly spent, the more the poor do grow!
We've tried by punishment full sore to mend the case they're in;
The more we punish them the more they sin, and sin, and sin!
We make the punishment more kind, we give them wise reform,
And they, with a contented mind, flock to our prisons warm!
Then science comes with solemn air, and shows us social laws,
Explaining how the poor are there from a purely natural cause.
'T is natural for low and high to struggle and to strive;
'T is natural for the worse to die and the better to survive.
We swallowed all this soothing stuff, and easily were led
To think if we were stern enough, the poor would soon be dead.
But, O! in vain we squeeze, and grind, and drive them to the wall --
For all our deadly work we find it does not kill them all!
The more we struggle they survive! increase and multiply!
There seem to be more poor alive, in spite of all that die!
Whene'er I take my walks abroad how many poor I see,
And eke at home! How long, O Lord! How long must this thing be?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (c. 1895)
"DIVISION OF PROPERTY"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Some sailors were starving at sea
On a raft where they happened to be,
When one of the crew
Who was hidden from view
Was found to be feasting most free.
Then they cursed him in language profane,
Because there on the pitiless main
While the others did starve
He could ladle and carve,
Eating food which they could not obtain.
But, said he, 'tis my own little store!
To feed all of you would take more!
If I shared 'twould be found
That it would not go round --
And you all would starve on as before!
It would only prolong your distress
To distribute this one little mess!
The supply is so small
I had best eat it all --
For me it will comfort and bless!
This reasoning sounded most fair,
But the men had large appetites there,
And while he explained
They ate all that remained --
Forgetting to leave out his share!