Immigration Haiku

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Datadiver08

Lazy Christians

Last week I had the chance to talk to a guy carrying a sign stating that Jesus was a socialist.   I asked him why he thought Jesus was a socialist.   He said that Jesus taught that we should take care of one another.   He was using his understanding to explain to me why he thought Obama’s health care plan was a good thing.

I tried to explain to him that Jesus told us we should take care of one another, but it is a personal responsibility, not a corporate responsibility.   (If you don’t know the meaning of the word ‘corporate” used in this context, see a dictionary). 

If Jesus would have intended taking care of one another being a corporate responsibility he would have instructed the Pharisees to raise the temple tax so they could take care of the poor.

Each of us has the personal responsibility to personally take care of one another.   To count on the government to do this is to be a lazy Christian.

Handout

Not a lot has been written lately about the people who stand near intersections and ask for money.


I would like to congratulate them for having the courage to ask me directly for money instead of hiding behind a government that reaches into my back pocket to give my money away to those without enough courage to ask me for a handout.

Datadiver08