(December 10, 2013 at 5:17 pm)Drich Wrote:t(December 10, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Look. Its perfectly simple. When it comes to ten commandments in courthouses, prayer in schools, abortion, gay marriage and such, its a CHRISTIAN nation and the government should pass laws based on the morality and directives given to us in the bible. When the bible says abortion or homosexuality are sins we should pass laws to discourage people from committing them.Who said anything about discourging goverment for caring for the poor?
However, when it comes to looking after the poor and sick its a free country and Christians have no business mandating that people follow the biblical concept of charity and care for the poor. When the bible talks of the sin of sodom (being rich and bloated and uncaring about the poor) the government should totally NOT pass laws to discourage people from committing them.
Whats not to understand?
I simply stated that Christ did not task the goverment to care for the poor. That task was placed on the church.
Which in the context of the orginal statement I was responding to (That Jesus would not like the fact that the republicans cut goverment funding to give away programs.) Would indeed indicate that Jesus would have not care what the goverment did. He gave the goverment/rome a wide birth on matters that He charged the church with.
He also did not task the government to control adultery, or slavery, or homosexuality. That does not prevent most republicans from supporting legislation on those things based on religious morality.
Either position works... But not both.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
