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Originally Posted by Aquila
God's Law demanded Israel to care for the poor, widows, orphans, and needy as a nation.
The civil Laws delivered by Moses from God required that landowners leave the edges and corners of their fields to the poor. It also granted the poor the "right" to glean from the edges and corners of landowner's fields. The Law of Moses also demanded that during the harvest any dropped grain was to be left for the gleaners. Lastly the Law of Moses required a poor tithe to be gathered centrally every three years to equip the priesthood with caring for the poor, widows, orphans, and needy.
Most don't realize this but the Law of Moses as inspired by God imposed an agrarian social welfare system for Israel's most needy people. This expresses God's desire and intent for all nations.
Your wealth isn't yours. The nation's wealth isn't the nation's. It all belongs to God. God demands social compassion from an entire society. Here conservatives deny the national calling of God on a righteous nation in the name of their own greed.
I would like to point out that Jesus and the disciples gleaned corn one day. It wasn't considered theft for God's Law required this right of the poor. If social welfare and compassion is theft Jesus was a thief.
Now, I do agree that our economy is so messed up that these programs will be hard to fund. It troubles me. But there isn't anything morally wrong with programs to assist the needy.
It should be noted that the Prophets rebuked the nation for neglecting these laws and the judgments of God fell upon them for neglecting the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the needy.
Tell me... should the church start requiring a poor tithe to care for those in need if we do away with social welfare programs?
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It's the conservatives that go to church.
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But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Looks like Obama is destroying jobs.
-- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
-- Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
-- Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
-- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.
Liberals are more self centered
Trick or treat.
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