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p> HOLY POLITICS br> Re: Mark Tooley's The Liberal Jesus : /p> p>Jesus (reputedly) healed the sick, raised the dead, etc. without any need of capital (nothing in The Gospels about Jesus writing grants directed at the Roman government or to charitable foundations of the time). All miracles performed today seem to depend on capital (formation required). Until another Jesus, who can do good out of thin air, appears in our midst, we're all better off letting the rich be rich so we can appropriate their capital (some, not all) to help with social needs, and so they can donate their capital to charities to help with social needs. br> -- Ty Knoy br> Ann Arbor, Michigan /p>

I cannot remember Jesus being an advocate for organizing the government to provide charity. It was the government, encouraged by religious leaders, that organized His execution. Maybe the part of the Bible supporting the left was lost along with the Eleventh Commandment. Number eleven was discovered by an archeologist named Marx: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

Mr. Tooley is very ambitious in his attempts at self-defense. The most tiring aspect of arguing with a liberal is first addressing the ideas that contain questionable or false assumptions. The gauntlet of false assumptions and loaded presumptions is intended to present the defender with hurdles on the uneven playing field that liberals always pretend to loath.

p>Well done, Mr. Tooley. br> --

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