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"Re-distribution" certainly is in the dictionary, as an alternative of "redistribution.":
The poster that I replied to claimed:
...and that is what I don't understand, because I have looked in several dictionaries, and they don't give a different meaning for redistributed and re-distributed.
I see that you want to stay away from the Marxist-sounding word "redistribution," but in fact that's a correct word to use for what happens to the land on the Day of Jubilee. You just don't like the word.
Is not that I don’t like the word is just that the word does not exist.
The churches still collect from members and people to give to the poor. In fact some of the largest charities are from churches. During Exodus our perfect God was in charge and even then the people were not satisfied (they wanted meat rather than mana).
"Redistribution" does not exist?
The people's desires didn't change God's command. The daily manna continued until they crossed the Jordan River.
I have a problem using words that have no definition. If it’s not in the dictionary then is a made up word with a subjective meaning.
Right. I agree with the responsibility of the Christian and stated as such so I don’t know what you are arguing about. I do disagree with your analysis of the resources available to the body of Christ to care for the poor unless you are insinuating that whatever resources that are available are being mismanaged.
Clearly you didn't notice that I've been using "redistribution." Are you claiming that word is not in the dictionary?
Oh, yes, I certainly claim the resources that Jesus has put into the hands of the Body of Christ today are being mismanaged.
We are in complete agreement here. As a deacon in my church our pastor sometimes sends us to other churches that need help with administration or financial matters and the first thing I look for is what kind of car the pastor drives and their extracurricular expenditures. The waste sometimes is incredible.
And that’s the problem with assuming. I used the world “strictly” to qualify my statement. The government taking the main role of providing charity through entitlement programs does not preclude the churches to provide charity. I stated in my previous post that some of the largest charities are from Christian churches.
Never had I said that. You are once again assuming that just because I debated your incorrect analysis of the restoration of land by Israel every 50 years that I somehow are opposed to entitlement programs.
Here, I’m going to surprise you. I am for universal health care. I don’t follow the liberal playbook of calling everything I don’t like “evil” though.
I am an immigrant from Cuba and arrived as a child with only the one suitcase that we were allowed to take. My parents worked their fingers to the bone to give me and my brother the best upbringing possible so don’t get me going on the shortfalls of socialism and communism. Spare me the “evils” of capitalism. If this country is so bad then why do we have an immigration problem? If my family could make it everyone else can to. Anyone in this country has the opportunity to grow and make as much money as they want. But they have to have the desire to make decisions that advances their position. Anyone can go into any community college and get a free education using the Pell grant and other economic help programs. They can even get a job at the school to help with their expenses. I know this because I taught community college for a bit.
lol There is the “evils” word again.
I am an independent because I can’t stand the drama and non action of both parties in the US. Both parties have gone to the extreme so no one benefits and there is no possibility of compromise. If you want change to happen then get off your far left liberal high horse and start voting people in that are more toward the center where maybe communication and compromise might be possible.
Do you mean that you cannot find the word "redistribution" in any dictionary? The Cambridge Dictionary, the Meriam-Webster Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary and Collins Dictionary all have it, and I am sure others do as well.
No. The word that was being used was re-distribution (hyphenated) as being different than redistribution. Hyphenated re-distribution is not in the dictionary.
But you didn't notice that I'd been using "redistribution" because you weren't actually reading what I was writing.
Ok that’s not what I read (see your post 117). I did go back and reread your post 125 and you indeed used the non hyphenated word.
