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Jesus taught us to love our neighbors as ourselves. The point of social justice is loving our neighbors.
God may be just in the eternal sense, but that doesn't mean this world is perfect. According to the Bible, it is fallen. The book of Job and the parable of Lazarus and the rich man illustrate this.
I’m constantly amazed by how closely the thoughts of Jesus invariably align identically with my interlocutor.
You are confusing charity with "social" justice.
"Social" justice is simply justice, giving everyone his due, what he has earned.
Do you acknowledge social injustices in this world, or do you think everyone gets what they deserve?
I acknowledge all injustices in the world, no matter the realm, as simply injustice.
It is benevolence (charity) to expend what it takes to teach them to fish.
It's simply justice.
Thanks for clarifying your position. I agree that social justice falls under the umbrella of justice. How do you propose addressing injustices?
For starters, it's a fallen world and I do not expect that all injustice will be removed.
Social justice from the church's perspective is ultimately about being our brother's keeper. While caring for the poor, the imprisoned, the sick have always been major parts of the Christian agenda, teaching and acting on human rights on a larger non-local scale has gained much of its ground in the last century or two. For example, due to the industrial revolution huge numbers of families moved from farm to factory work in the cities-and captialists, who were firstly all about captializing on their resources, tended to exploit labor with poor pay and working conditions. The church began to be vocal regarding these matters in the late 19th century. Much of the social justice teaching was formulated since then with the necessity of preserving human dignity and quality of life at the forefront.
Yes I remember reading how the churches helped the poor on the streets in the cities and they opened up soup kitchens and refuges. We see this same charity throughout history of good Christians going about helping those in need. If it was not for this chariable work society would collapse.
But the marginalized also need a voice- in politics or wherever that voice may serve to benefit humanity as a whole. The human treatment of humans must be a major focal point of the church. This has also mainfested itself in "just war" theories, for example, the purpose of which is to mitigate suffering in the unfortunate inevitability of war- even as all war is denounced from the larger perspective of love of neighbor.
I don't know. Its seems too much of a hot bed to jump into. A can of worms. There is no clear destinction in politics between all the warring factions even on the same side.
