DrM
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- Oct 13, 2010
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Action speak louder than words. It is one thing to claim in words that we are Christians or that our politics are driven by our religious training. It is quite another to put forth programs or plans that are obviously contradictory to those teachings.
Paul Ryan's budget, with Mitt Romney says he will adopt if he is elected president, is the prime example of such hypocrisy. Ryan claims his budget is based on his Roman Catholic teachings. Not true according to nuns and Catholic bishops!
How is it that so many Christians today seem to have abandoned the teachings of Jesus when it comes to caring for the poor, the needy, the uneducated, the misinformed, the powerless, etc.? I don't see this as a responsibility of individual Christians, but that of our churches and her institutions and other charities and our government.
The first and foremost responsibility of our government is the protection of its people. This covers a lot of ground, and this is generally spelled out in our Constitution; in our Bill of Rights. There we have listed five basic freedoms. Secondly, the responsibility of our government is to do for the people those things which they are unable to do for themselves.
People, and our Supreme Court, have different ideas about what freedom means. Some in business believe that free enterprise means the right to do as you please business-wise. The Supreme Court and Mitt Romney think corporations are people and can give their corporate profits to political campaigns. Because of this, this year over a billion dollars will be spent on politics while education is cut, food stamps and other federal and state programs for the needy also. Don't tell me this is Christian and in keeping with the teachings of Jesus the Christ or Yahweh.
When we turn away from helping others who need our help, we turn away from God and ignore Amos, the prophet who said for God, "but let justice roll down like the waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream." Which shall it be for us?
As chaplain of our United States Congress, the late Peter Marshall prayed in their presence, "Freedom does not mean the right to do as you please, but the opportunity to do what is right.
I must wonder if it was illegal for lobbists to enrich our politicians with special interests, would they serve the citizens instead of a few? Would ethics take precedence over greed?
Paul Ryan's budget, with Mitt Romney says he will adopt if he is elected president, is the prime example of such hypocrisy. Ryan claims his budget is based on his Roman Catholic teachings. Not true according to nuns and Catholic bishops!
How is it that so many Christians today seem to have abandoned the teachings of Jesus when it comes to caring for the poor, the needy, the uneducated, the misinformed, the powerless, etc.? I don't see this as a responsibility of individual Christians, but that of our churches and her institutions and other charities and our government.
The first and foremost responsibility of our government is the protection of its people. This covers a lot of ground, and this is generally spelled out in our Constitution; in our Bill of Rights. There we have listed five basic freedoms. Secondly, the responsibility of our government is to do for the people those things which they are unable to do for themselves.
People, and our Supreme Court, have different ideas about what freedom means. Some in business believe that free enterprise means the right to do as you please business-wise. The Supreme Court and Mitt Romney think corporations are people and can give their corporate profits to political campaigns. Because of this, this year over a billion dollars will be spent on politics while education is cut, food stamps and other federal and state programs for the needy also. Don't tell me this is Christian and in keeping with the teachings of Jesus the Christ or Yahweh.
When we turn away from helping others who need our help, we turn away from God and ignore Amos, the prophet who said for God, "but let justice roll down like the waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream." Which shall it be for us?
As chaplain of our United States Congress, the late Peter Marshall prayed in their presence, "Freedom does not mean the right to do as you please, but the opportunity to do what is right.
I must wonder if it was illegal for lobbists to enrich our politicians with special interests, would they serve the citizens instead of a few? Would ethics take precedence over greed?