How is it different from what governments around the world have been doing for generations through democratic processes? And why only in the case of welfare? Can I advocate that my neighbors’ money (and mine) be used by the government to pave streets, build dams, to help farmers, feed soldiers who defend us, test drugs that I may never use, etc. without your thinking that is stealing?The problem with this assertion is, of course, that in the case of welfare, what you are essentially doing is volunteering your neighbor's money to pay for your good deeds.
Charity is good works. Advocating that the government do it is stealing from your neighbor.
Jesus said something about taxes once.
Remember what that was?
I remember when Christians used to love the first half of that verse and studiously ignored the second part "give to God what belongs to God." Jesus was essentially telling both pro- and anti-government/Roman hearers that they all had it wrong, that once you give to God what belongs to him - everything, selling your possessions to give to the poor, ceasing to work for money and instead working for God, trusting in him for your daily bread - you'll have nothing left for the tax man.Show us where Jesus said that. What I remember Jesus saying was render unto Caesar what is Caesar's.
Thank you for proving my post #443.
OK. The term may not have come until later but you are just arguing terms. They certainly were followers of Christ, or what would become Christians.Chapter and verse? See post #(409). There were no Christians till after the coming of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2) (Rom. 8:9)
Lees
The left wingers hate the Christians.
The only religion that the Left doesn't hate is Islam.
It a Christian persecution complex. Or playing a victim.Blanket statements like that are generally incorrect.
And who was this in response to?spending other people's money is not genuine compassion or generosity
So I should object to any relief the government provides to those states recently hit by storms?spending other people's money is not genuine compassion or generosity
How about tax cuts on tips?What, you mean Jesus didn't hate immigrants and trannies and support tax cuts for the wealthy?
That's supposed to make up for slashing Medicaid? Yes, Jesus was also master of bait and switch...How about tax cuts on tips?
Cool story.spending other people's money is not genuine compassion or generosity
Something about a rich man, a camel, and the eye of a needle....................We now know that the OP has become true:
“Funding is being slashed for essential programs like Medicare and SNAP, the federal food assistance program that millions of low-income Americans rely on.”
Trump's Budget Bill Favors Rich, Hurts the Poor
Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" slashes aid, cuts taxes for the wealthy, and shifts the burden to working Americans.www.finance-monthly.com
The response of the Trump cult Christians:
Jesus weeps profusely while not a peep from the so-called “Christians” who carefully look the other way. The hypocrisy is rampant.
Jesus wasn't a silly libertarian.spending other people's money is not genuine compassion or generosity
We all do that.spending other people's money is not genuine compassion or generosity
Jesus weeps profusely while not a peep from the so-called “Christians” who carefully look the other way. The hypocrisy is rampant.
More like Jesus threw up.Yet more proof of my OP:
Ernst Doubles Down: The Poor Need Jesus, Not Health Insurance
Ernst Doubles Down: The Poor Need Jesus, Not Health Insurance - WhoWhatWhy
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Saturday emphatically proved that she is a terrible human being. But at least those who lose health insurance because of GOP lawmakers like her can take solace in the fact that, like all humans, she will one day perish from this earth.whowhatwhy.org
Woeful bitch. How does she and the rest of the Trump cukt even call themselves Christian when they don’t even share the common values of Jesus the Christ? The real Jesus weeps.
This is the core argument, with significant validity, but it is a limited argument. It assumes that "money" is a given, that "property" is a given. But they are not givens. Imposing a monetary system on a population requires the use of government force also!The problem with this assertion is, of course, that in the case of welfare, what you are essentially doing is volunteering your neighbor's money to pay for your good deeds.
Charity is good works. Advocating that the government do it is stealing from your neighbor.
The chutzpah of you trying to tell anybody what Jesus does or thinks. Hubris much?Yet more proof of my OP:
Ernst Doubles Down: The Poor Need Jesus, Not Health Insurance
Ernst Doubles Down: The Poor Need Jesus, Not Health Insurance - WhoWhatWhy
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Saturday emphatically proved that she is a terrible human being. But at least those who lose health insurance because of GOP lawmakers like her can take solace in the fact that, like all humans, she will one day perish from this earth.whowhatwhy.org
Woeful bitch. How does she and the rest of the Trump cukt even call themselves Christian when they don’t even share the common values of Jesus the Christ? The real Jesus weeps.
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