[Ridley's Own]

Originally Posted by Hopeful

Reread my initial comment about where most of these were located which gave the term a negative connotation. Was the Bible banned in many Eastern bloc countries? You better believe it! Were people killed or thrown into prison for their beliefs? You bet they were! Was socialism an enemy of the Bible in these areas (as the question was initially posted)? You bet it was!

Yes, and I'm affirming that. What I'm saying is that socialism does not require a banning of bibles or anything like that. You're arguing that because of a particular geographic/political expression of socialism that all socialism is bad. That's a demonstrable error. No one here is arguing for totalitarianism. You can argue that socialism can lead to totalitarianism. But you can't say that all socialism leads to banning of the Bible, because that's simply not true.