Communism

Modernized co-ordination and fraternal regulation will be productive of longer-lived co-operation than will the older and more primitive methods of communism or dictatorial regulative institutions based on force. 81:6.33

The present social order is not necessarily right but we must not be persuaded to experiment with the discarded formulas of our forefathers. We must go forward, not backward 69:9.18

The nations of Urantia have already entered upon the gigantic struggle between nationalistic militarism and industrialism 70:2.11

In the Urantia Book

Primitive communism

• primitive communism was not a mere theory or social doctrine of current communism; prevented pauperism and want 69:9.1
• Primitive communism put a premium on inactivity and idleness, and it did stifle industry and destroy ambition. Ran counter to strong human proclivities: 69:9.2-6
• # The family, as erased inheritance
• # Religious tendencies
• # The desire for liberty and leisure
• # The urge for security and power
• Communism was finally destroyed by the deceptive practices of progressive and successful individuals 69:9.6

Weaknesses of communism

• No social system or political regime which denies the reality of God can contribute in any constructive and lasting manner to the advancement of human civilization. 195:10.7
• any attempt to shift parental responsibility to state or church has proven suicidal to the welfare and advancement of civilization. 84:7.27
• This was the suicidal weakness of communism: The improvident habitually lived off the thrifty. 69:9.5-6

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Communism is linked in 1 paragraph of the text.

See also

• government
• materialism
• secularism
• socialism

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