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Why yes, that's exactly what I was thinking, teleportation and all.
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Yikes. Are you gonna claim anyone who uses the roads and bridges paid for by taxes indicates they don't have enough faith? They don't have faith in God to not need a bridge and they should teleport to the other side by their faith? That's the biggest deflection ever. All of the prophets of the bible were ruled over governments, did they not have faith? You don't think God can provide for you by using the government? A miraculous healing and surgery by God couldn't have been helped by government-funded health care? It's not a faith issue at all... it's not a responsibility issue either, and it is massive straw man to say people who think it's a good idea are lazy. People who support the system do think logically, and think of their other brethren rather than just themselves. It is a system that benefits everyone, and that is absolutely moral to distribute wealth to help the poor.
I almost think we need to throw the rascals out, have new parties less beholden to the powers that be. Jefferson said a little revolution would be a good thing from time to time. That was back in the day the big two parties were Whigs and Democrats. Whigs are gone. Past due for Democrats to disappear. The party of slavery after all. And I think Trump is in the process of killing off the Republicans. Just like China needs a new political Party, we need at least two of them.Exactly, the country need three official parties even if it means thirds instead of halves across the nation. That way two will have to align to have power and if the newest party just happened to actually be of non greedy people, there is a good chance social justice and reforms could be gained.
I will put forth one argument against communism. People risked their lives and many died tried to escape communist countries. People risk their lives trying to in to republics.
In relation to socialism: The problem is that when you allow the government to take care of you like a nanny state, you become more and more dependent on the government until you can no longer take care of yourself. At that point, the government owns you on a whole different level.
The problem with our country is not capitalism, it's secularism. When people no longer act with a conscience the government ends up having to step in.
Companies are out of control because they no longer regulate themselves. The government is taking over charity because people do not feel a moral obligation to do it. The chasm between the rich and the poor is increasing and the middle class is dwindling because there is no conscience making people recognize when they have enough.
The solution is not to keep giving the government more power. The solution is to be disciplined enough to start holding companies accountable as a collective people. We don't have to choose between being compassion-less or being morally corrupt. We choose to pretend that it has to be this way.
That was an observation. This is a COMMAND:Ecc 10:2
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left...
I never understood this because what the right stands for is not even biblical. Two of the things that are absolutely biblical and correct from the right/conservatism are : 1. Anti-LGBT and 2. Pro-Life. And I agree with this, along with general traditional family values and biblical morality. But everything else in the right wing you can argue is completely against Christianity and what Jesus taught. Everything in the right seems to be based on political identity and culture, not Jesus Christ. So I don't understand why right wing politics caters to Christian evangelicals so much.
I never understood this because what the right stands for is not even biblical. Two of the things that are absolutely biblical and correct from the right/conservatism are : 1. Anti-LGBT and 2. Pro-Life. And I agree with this, along with general traditional family values and biblical morality. But everything else in the right wing you can argue is completely against Christianity and what Jesus taught. Everything in the right seems to be based on political identity and culture, not Jesus Christ. So I don't understand why right wing politics caters to Christian evangelicals so much.
Why do people always assume some institution/organization has to administer charity work. Jesus said love neighbour as self.
Small communities did it all the time, looking out for each other back in the day, lending a helping hand when needed. Wasn't a big deal until a nation became one big city and people withdrew themselves from their communities, losing the personal touch..
Because a lot of charity work has to work at a large scale in order to be effective, and you can't do anything at a large scale without good organization and infrastructure.
It's the same even for the Body of Christ. What we read in Acts 2 and Acts 4 about the economic fellowship of the believers was possible because the church in Jerusalem was a megachurch.
And we see that they soon had to develop good organization and infrastructure.
Back then it was the king or the church who would give back to the people for taxes paid, today it is the government. Same idea just a different time and way of doing things.
Following the traditions of the institutions of man rather than of the Kingdom. As in the early days of Christianity, from the ways of the Way to the ways of the Roman Empire. No surprise there.And we see that they soon had to develop good organization and infrastructure.
Following the traditions of the institutions of man rather than of the Kingdom. No surprise there.
Those who defend a parasitic system might not agree. But then they too must not only fight the notion of social justice, but God Himself for suggesting it.It is a system that benefits everyone, and that is absolutely moral to distribute wealth to help the poor.
Are you saying that selecting spirit-filled men as deacons was an error?
Nothing will change. Man is inherently self serving. Besides he who controls the money controls the world, not the politicians, governments or political parties. To make change man has to stop bowing to this god that uses money and debt to control mankind. It's much bigger than puny politics designed to have man falsely believe they have some say in the way things are. Biggest con ever.almost think we need to throw the rascals out, have new parties less beholden to the powers that be.
Actually that freedom is the Kingdom and away from the institutions and traditions of man. Nations like to claim God is on their side but the only side He is on is the Kingdom which runs opposite to the ways of man. You have simply chosen the governance of man over the governance of God.Christianity embraces freedom, the heart set free from the bondage of sin, the enslaved will set free by Christ, and granted freedom to please God in so many ways, in everything. God bless America, my home sweet home.
If everyone looked out for their neighbour that would blanket the world. It don't get much bigger than that.Because a lot of charity work has to work at a large scale in order to be effective, and you can't do anything at a large scale without good organization and infrastructure.
No even the church in Jerusalem had it's elders. But they did not revert to following a system traditional to man. They were of the Kingdom. That faded even though Paul taught it also. Gentiles like to keep things the way they were, the original conservatives
If everyone looked out for their neighbour that would blanket the world. It don't get much bigger than that.
It often takes only one person to put them in that position in the first place. But yes sometime community is required. Is that not also the purpose of the church? Even crowd-funding is outpacing the church these days. The church has often become like the governments telling others to dig deep.An average individual can't solve the problems that make someone homeless or a prostitute or a drug addict.
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