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Leftist ‘faith leaders’ twisting Bible to support wasteful gov't spending

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We’re seeing a society become unhinged … again. Trump has quite a way with the radical Left. They absolutely hate him and DOGE, and they lose it by the hour. Now they’re burning Teslas (so much for climate care), raging in hotel lobbies and on college campuses to defend Hamas supporters, and cursing up a storm at rallies.

It's not just paid activists and politicians jumping into the resistance ring; it’s leftist “faith leaders” too. Recently, nearly 100 “progressive” religious folks signed a letter demanding an unbiblical “Return to Jesus.” The Lent letter demanded that hundreds of millions of dollars of wasted taxpayer dollars continue to flow to (leftist) NGOs.

Funny. I don’t recall the Bible ever advocating that government fund the Church. I don’t recall Jesus demanding the government take care of the poor and the needy and ensure justice for those being crushed. Oh, wait, that’s because that’s the Church’s job. But a social justice worldview sees forced taxpayer funding of (leftist) faith-based organizations (despite massive taxpayer fraud and little to no accountability) as good stewardship.

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You have no clue what "radical left" is, do you? According to you, someone who said things like: "Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, 'Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?" is a radical leftist.
 
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Do you believe the government should take from the producers of society to give to those who are poor and needy?
This is a profoundly misleading framing of the situation. We see this often - the misleading claim that the government is stealing from people when they collect tax money. The reality, of course, is that you vote to be taxed.

So the government isn't "taking" anything, they are merely following up on a societal level commitment that was made at the ballot box.
 
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