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Give that Satan is described as the ruler or god of this world, we can expect that he would stand in the way of and even stop in this world where he is ruler the spread of this financial arrangement that the Apostles discerned.

There's a difference between each individual Apostle having some failings and all the Apostles collectively failing to discern how to organise the finances of their church community. If all the Apostles could get it so wrong over money a subject that Jesus speaks about frequently and which is...

The problem with that idea is that if it is right and, as some have contended, the holding of things in common left the early church financially vulnerable, that means that the Apostles who had recently been filled with the Spirit made a mess of things - doesn't speak well for for the Apostles...

Good points on Acts 2 and 5. When do you think the Church started?

I like your toilet paper example of human foolishness. It shows how fear of scarcity pushes people away from the selflessness and love of neighbour we are called to.

I elaborate and give relevant Bible passages from Acts here: Should believers follow early Christians and hold all things in common? but reading this is not essential for answering the OP.

I would be interested in your thoughts on this question: Should believers follow early Christians and hold all things in common?

I have written up helpful answers I have received from various forums here: Answers: why did God make it so that the sins of one could negatively impact another?

What would be wrong with that?

I've added an edit to the OP: Imagine a hypothetical world in which every action or inaction has a positive or negative consequence, but negative consequences only ever affect the sinning individual never innocent targets or bystanders. This would be a more just world than our current one and if...

What sin choices would the child have made to warrant a childhood of abuse?

For an example, consider something terrible like a childhood filled with abuse - the child has not done anything to deserve the abuse and will have to live with the nightmares for the rest of their life.

I'll ask a question for discussion: Why did God create a world (or put in place the processes that would create a world) in which the sins of one individual could negatively impact another through no fault of their own? EDIT: Imagine a hypothetical world in which every action or inaction has a...

Something is much more likely to be a conspiracy theory if it both lacks evidence and conforms neatly with the ideology of the people spreading it.

Yes indeed. It's important to distinguish evidence which is a genuine reason for questioning and conformance to one's ideology which is not.

The important thing is evidence. For example on the industry knowing tobacco is harmful, there would have been growing evidence from non-industry scientists that tobacco is harmful so reporting the evidence would not be spreading a conspiracy theory. Spreading something for which there is little...

"Perhaps the internet is not the best place to find truthful witness and genuine humility but I find it particularly disturbing when self professed Christians abandon these virtues in their posts and comments. To be clear, it is not for me to judge individuals, but what I want to highlight is a...

To give an example of the brokenness, half the world's topsoil has gone in the last 150 years.

It is a bit chicken and egg. Many people don't know about cruciform theology because there aren't many groups on it but once they know then they become interested. I founded a cruciform theology group on reddit (Cruciformity: the cross is where God is most clearly seen) and it has grown to 750...

The term "cruciform theology" is a specific term for this type of theology which brings up results in Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=cruciform+theology&oq=cruciform+theology&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i64j69i60l2.3459j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 I'd prefer to use the term "cruciform...