church and state
as a citizen of a country where social systems are largely ineffective and as member of a Christian community which seeks to meet basic human needs on a large scale in the local arena, here's an interesting Pew Research Center article on the church and the state. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4631001
...so who's supposed to meet basic human needs, the church or the state?? and is it possible to synthesize both socialism and capitalism, with social systems regulated more intensively the government (though not necessarily run by government) and the economy left more or less to the principles of supply-and-demand??? i should do a 5th-grade book report on sweden and norway and perhaps some others which seem to be succeeding in this...more to come...
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Unfortunately Norway and Sweden don't really have a perfect solution. The Scandinavian countries are really more welfare states than capitalistic economies. While it is true that they provide greatly for their citizens, the markets could hardly be considered free. Thats not necessarily a bad thing however, as the community espoused by the NT does contain many characteristics of a welfare state. It would be interesting to see where along the line, Christianity came to be linked with capitalism. My guess would be sometime during or after the Reformation as the Puritans - and others - lectured on hard work and self sufficiency.
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