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re: Do Your Political Views Directly Reflect Your Religious Views?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:09 pm to FightnBobLafollette
Posted on 11/6/18 at 2:09 pm to FightnBobLafollette
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Ok. Are we pretending that Christians would take care of the poor if the government is removed?
To what standard? Like homeless shelter care?
Can you point to a time or place where you think this happened?
Btw, I think there are Christian charities that do wonderful work. I think there are religious people who do wonderful things. This isn’t intended as a slam on Christians.
Churches and Christian organizations already do this sort of thing.
Considering that more than half of Christian's charitable giving is done outside of a church, there's a lot of opportunity for that work to grow.
That is a important question for Christians though. What is the duty of the government and what is the duty of the Church? Some things managed by the government don't really have any business doing so.
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 2:11 pm
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Posted on 11/6/18 at 4:13 pm to oauron
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Churches and Christian organizations already do this sort of thing. Considering that more than half of Christian's charitable giving is done outside of a church, there's a lot of opportunity for that work to grow. That is a important question for Christians though. What is the duty of the government and what is the duty of the Church? Some things managed by the government don't really have any business doing so.
Of course they do. I already acknowledged that.
The point is that it clearly isn’t enough. And it never has been.
Btw, this country is becoming less religious. Just on numbers alone it would be increasingly harder for the premise to be fulfilled as well as an increasing burden on shrinking contingent. This isn’t a Christian thing.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 6:39 pm to oauron
The problem with the argument that Christians individually should take care of the poor, sick, etc is that is not how the Bible shows Israel was called. The idea was that the people of Israel as a tribe would be an example into the world. The idea that there would be different requirements for the people of Israel than for the nation of Israel is not something they would have recognized. They were one in the same.
It’s also interesting to me that people are mad about taking prayer out of school and the like because we are a “Christian nation” then don’t want us to act like that type of nation with the poor. Odd to me.
It’s also interesting to me that people are mad about taking prayer out of school and the like because we are a “Christian nation” then don’t want us to act like that type of nation with the poor. Odd to me.
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