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Originally Posted by Esaias
In other words, you want the government to tax all workers to give handouts to others who either can't or won't handle their own affairs.
The tithe law which benefitted the poor etc was not a free cash subsidy. It was a meal that was eaten to which the poor etc were invited.
Socialism is unbiblical, ungodly, and a sign of divine wrath.
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You're right, agrarian socialism is different from modern socialism. My point was that in principle... God held the entire nation, beginning with the ruler, responsible for basic provisions for the poor, widows, strangers, and needy.
And the notion that you or I 100% own anything is a doctrine of devils. All things are God's. And we are only entrusted with them to be good stewards, and that responsibility was also expected of those who governed the nation.
The poor tithe was an agrarian land tax to care for the poor.
You know, for the average American making roughly $50,000 a year, only $16 a year is given to fund the food stamp program? Yet, over $600 is spent to fund corporate subsidies for corporations already recording record profits.
But social programs for the poor are breaking our budgets. I gotcha.
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