Fernando,

Hmm.. I suppose the Protestant version though from a doctrinal point of view that's usually not where the troubles arise. What most folks don't take the time to do is connect the dots between the notion of the intrinsic value of the individual (quite apart from any religious institution) and the notion of provate property.

IU believe I was mistaken in my thinking. I had thought that Chavez was not the socialist. Apparently he is. I see nothing but troubles for Venezuela as long as he pursues socialistic thought. This is particularly onerous for the US as we get a LOT of our oil from both Venezuela and Mexico.



>>>If that's correct, I wish him well. Get folks owning private property and give everyone a Bible. Best thing they could ever do MO.
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>Doug,
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>I really agree with you in that.
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>As we in Brazil will have elections for president this year and one of the strongest candidates shares opinions with Chaves and Fidel Castro, I wonder what Bible version (please, this is not a joke) you're talking about: the catholic or the protestant, because, AFAIK, the importance of private property is somewhat differently interpreted by both of these religions (sorry, here I'm making a generalization of the protestant churches, for the sake of the understanding of my message), and that affects people's thinking and behavior.
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>If you don't know, the catholic church is very influent in the latin american countries, and in Brazil they even support some groups that claim for (other's) land, many (most) times going against Courts' decisions.
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>I see many similarities amongst some latin american countries (Brazil included) in this episode.
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>Poverty, that's the question!
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>I had no intention to offend anybody here, just to say some about what happens below Texas.
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>Fernando