When God became a Socialist ....

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by edjen01

Why would anyone think that God wants us to live like He told a specific group of people to live in the OT? Follow the same logic with Hosea...or any of the prophets for that matter.

Just because God tells someone/some nation to do something does that mean He's telling everyone/every nation to do the same thing?

God operates on unchanging principles. We see that God demanded a tithe to care for the poor and needy in the OT and brought judgment, famine, and hardship upon them when they neglected the poor. (Perform a Biblegateway.com search on the word "poor" throughout the entire Bible and READ.) We will walk away understanding that God holds a society morally responsible for how it cares for it's poor and needy.

So what lays before us is a choice. Do we care for those in desperate need through private religious and charitable means by funding and advocating such initiatives or do we do nothing and fuel the fire that brings the curse of Socialism upon a nation?

We're facing this crisis because WE as a people have neglected millions in desperate need.