Maybe the problem is that I'm not a biblical scholar. But
until now I didn't realize that God was in favor of the
government takeover of the medical system. The religious
Left is busy attempting to fill in my--and your--gaps of
knowledge.
In early April, Religious Left groups met with Senator
Kennedy's Chief Advisor on Health reform to plot how to exploit
religion for imposing socialized medicine on America.
Evidently, they easily agreed to the June 24 "Interfaith
Service of Witness and Prayer for Health Care Reform" in
Washington, D.C., supported by "echo" interfaith rallies across
the nation.
These staged, ostensibly religious gatherings "will draw
attention to the moral message offered by every American faith
tradition: affordable, accessible, inclusive, and accountable
health care coverage for all." But for the Religious Left,
these goals can only be achieved through a federally
controlled, centralized health system governed from Washington,
D.C. that ultimately squashes private insurance.
Sponsors of the rallies operate under a coalition called "We
Believe Together" and include the Episcopal Church, the United
Methodist Board of Church and Society, the Islamic Society of
North America, Michael Lerner's Tikkun and Network of Spiritual
Progressives, the United Church of Christ, the Presbyterian
Church USA lobby office, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, Jim Wallis' Sojourners, the School of the Americas
Watch, and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Regarding the latter two groups, evidently opposing the U.S.
school for Latin American military officers at Ft. Benning,
Georgia, and advocacy for unrestricted abortion rights are
causes that easily align with socialized medicine.
Speakers at the D.C. rally at Freedom Plaza will include Rabbi
David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism, Sayyid Syeed, of the Islamic Society of North America,
and James A. Forbes Jr., Pastor Emeritus of famously far-Left
Riverside Church in New York and now head of the Healing of the
Nations Foundation.
Concurrently with the interfaith prayer rally in Washington, a
group called People Improving Communities through Organizing
(PICO) is also rallying religious groups to socialized
medicine. PICO was founded by Jesuit priest Fr. John Baumann,
who learned Saul Alinsky-style community organizing in Chicago
in the 1960's and 1970's and transferred his skills to Oakland,
California. PICO and its allies see churches as convenient and
susceptible tools for political organizing on the Left's
behalf, which nearly always entails expanding the power and
control of government, while displacing the private sector.
PICO's socialized medicine campaign is working in coalition
with Sojourners and Faithful America, which is the political
arm of the National Council of Churches.
PICO and friends kicked off their latest national push for
socialized medicine with a May 22 conference call between its
activist clergy and reporters. Supposedly PICO has recruited
nearly 600 clergy to preach the glories of socialized medicine
and mobilize their congregations in June and July. It also
professes that 10,000 religionists will lobby Congress "to work
together to make quality health-care choices affordable for all
families," i.e., a federal takeover of the health care
industry. PICO likewise will air radio ads called "Abundant
Life" in key congressional districts. According to a PICO news
release, the ads will stress "every person, created in the
image of God, is of limitless value." Listeners are asked to
contact their members of Congress to encourage them "to work
together to make quality health-care choices affordable for all
families."
So God is a socialist when it comes to medicine. And
probably most everything else. Imagine that. I've got
to get more serious about reading the Bible!
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Your Majesty| 6.14.09 @ 12:05AM
Any time people -- left or right -- ask that inane question,
"What would Jesus do?", they're really asking, "What would Satan
do?"
Get ready for the holier-than-thou to tell us how personal
responsibility is the work of the devil.
E.Patrick Mosman| 6.14.09 @ 6:47AM
Those who claim that Jesus was a big-government socialist
provider with regard to helping those in need and reducing
individuals personal responsibility to "Love the Neighbor' and
replacing it with government programs is a misreading of His
message. Jesus Christ made the point "to render to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's"
with no guidelines as to how the Romans were to spend the tax
monies.
"For you will have the poor always with you" Matthew 26.11 and
nowhere in the New
Testament does Jesus Christ lay the responsibility for caring for
the poor, the sick the hungry or thirsty, the homeless or any
oppressed people on any governmental body. He did not cite King
Herod, the priests of the temple, the local mayor or the Roman
powers as the source of Charity. He made it an individual
responsibility time after time in His sermons, in His parables
and in His own acts. The Good Samaritan was not an example of
"Love thy neighbor" because he stopped at the nearest inn and
asked that a 911 call be made but because he acted, providing
aid,comfort and financial assistance to his neighbor.
Many seem to be as historically challenged about the Bible as
Obama is about American history and the Constitution
Don L| 6.14.09 @ 7:28AM
And where in the New Testament does it call for Caesar to take
over the moral obligations of individuals? The Nannystate is not
charity, but is co-0pting of the obligations of the individual to
be charitable (Why else did Obama try to take away the tax break
for charitable giving?). Property rights are largely based upon
that equation -you can't give what you don't have because the
state has taken it away. When the state pays -the state decides
-so the Godless state supports infanticide(Obamacide) and
involuntary euthanasia (as in Holland etc) Perhaps, the pope
knows less than the leftist secularists about Jesus, but he has
condemned the Culture of Death they so love, beyond arguement,
and that includes those complicite in the Notre Dame fiasco as
well as the prominant leftist so--called Catholic
politicians.
Satan loves to co-opt God for his evil -remember the temptation
of Christ in the desert? He's just using liberalism as his means
this time. Liberalism, like Satan, always talks nice (it's for
the children)while doing evil (killing them)
ferv888| 6.14.09 @ 7:35AM
Take a look at the LDS Churh's welfare system and see if that is
not what we as citizens of the this great country ought to be
doing.
The LDS doctirne is first you, then family, then the church in
it's welfare system. A lot of church members have a "years"
supply of food stored in their homes, give to what is called a
fast ofering at the beginning of each month to sustain the poor
amongst us.
The Lord did not call for government to provide for the poor, but
only for us.
FERV888
Don L| 6.14.09 @ 7:37AM
And where in the New Testament does it call for Caesar to take
over the moral obligations of individuals? The Nannystate is not
charity, but is co-0pting of the obligations of the individual to
be charitable (Why else did Obama try to take away the tax break
for charitable giving?). Property rights are largely based upon
that equation -you can't give what you don't have because the
state has taken it away. When the state pays -the state decides
-so the Godless state supports infanticide(Obamacide) and
involuntary euthanasia (as in Holland etc) Perhaps, the pope
knows less than the leftist secularists about Jesus, but he has
condemned the Culture of Death they so love, beyond arguement,
and that includes those complicite in the Notre Dame fiasco as
well as the prominant leftist so--called Catholic
politicians.
Satan loves to co-opt God for his evil -remember the temptation
of Christ in the desert? He's just using liberalism as his means
this time. Liberalism, like Satan, always talks nice (it's for
the children)while doing evil (killing them)
Paula Nietert| 6.14.09 @ 9:33AM
Strangely, no one seems to remember that Christ Jesus healed
spiritually and call on his followers to heal the sick. If
everyone practices spiritual healing, there would be little need
for expensive health care.
John| 6.15.09 @ 7:18AM
I reckon Jesus was a libertarian. Socialism is contrary to
freedom and truth.
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Pauley| 6.15.09 @ 2:14PM
I don't think Jesus believed in abortion; it kinda negates His
creation gig. You know?
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Angel| 6.13.09 @ 4:44PM
Yeah, the 'holy' Religious Left who considers Tiller a martyr.
All those years that I attended Catholic Schools; I guess I missed the lesson that infanticide is okay.
That's right! Jesus Christ supports infanticide--the Fifth Commandment be damned.
gd4u| 6.13.09 @ 5:24PM
Now if you are not young middle class, you will be euthanized, by not getting the meds you need nor care. Disgusting
mt| 6.13.09 @ 5:32PM
who do they think they are trying to impose their religion on us? Haven't they heard of the sacred wall 'tween church and state?
Smitty| 6.13.09 @ 5:51PM
I see the Left's got us covered: Abortion at the beginning and Euthanasia at the end. The Democrat party of death.
BD57| 6.13.09 @ 5:58PM
It's sad to see how many churches have become nothing more than political/social clubs.
Rebecca| 6.13.09 @ 7:05PM
BD57--agreed; drove me away.
Pingback| 6.13.09 @ 10:03PM
HOLY CRAP: Democrats turn to Jesus to get support for new healthcare initiatives links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Your Majesty| 6.14.09 @ 12:05AM
Any time people -- left or right -- ask that inane question, "What would Jesus do?", they're really asking, "What would Satan do?"
Get ready for the holier-than-thou to tell us how personal responsibility is the work of the devil.
E.Patrick Mosman| 6.14.09 @ 6:47AM
Those who claim that Jesus was a big-government socialist provider with regard to helping those in need and reducing individuals personal responsibility to "Love the Neighbor' and replacing it with government programs is a misreading of His message. Jesus Christ made the point "to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's" with no guidelines as to how the Romans were to spend the tax monies.
"For you will have the poor always with you" Matthew 26.11 and nowhere in the New
Testament does Jesus Christ lay the responsibility for caring for the poor, the sick the hungry or thirsty, the homeless or any oppressed people on any governmental body. He did not cite King Herod, the priests of the temple, the local mayor or the Roman powers as the source of Charity. He made it an individual responsibility time after time in His sermons, in His parables and in His own acts. The Good Samaritan was not an example of "Love thy neighbor" because he stopped at the nearest inn and asked that a 911 call be made but because he acted, providing aid,comfort and financial assistance to his neighbor.
Many seem to be as historically challenged about the Bible as Obama is about American history and the Constitution
Don L| 6.14.09 @ 7:28AM
And where in the New Testament does it call for Caesar to take over the moral obligations of individuals? The Nannystate is not charity, but is co-0pting of the obligations of the individual to be charitable (Why else did Obama try to take away the tax break for charitable giving?). Property rights are largely based upon that equation -you can't give what you don't have because the state has taken it away. When the state pays -the state decides -so the Godless state supports infanticide(Obamacide) and involuntary euthanasia (as in Holland etc) Perhaps, the pope knows less than the leftist secularists about Jesus, but he has condemned the Culture of Death they so love, beyond arguement, and that includes those complicite in the Notre Dame fiasco as well as the prominant leftist so--called Catholic politicians.
Satan loves to co-opt God for his evil -remember the temptation of Christ in the desert? He's just using liberalism as his means this time. Liberalism, like Satan, always talks nice (it's for the children)while doing evil (killing them)
ferv888| 6.14.09 @ 7:35AM
Take a look at the LDS Churh's welfare system and see if that is not what we as citizens of the this great country ought to be doing.
The LDS doctirne is first you, then family, then the church in it's welfare system. A lot of church members have a "years" supply of food stored in their homes, give to what is called a fast ofering at the beginning of each month to sustain the poor amongst us.
The Lord did not call for government to provide for the poor, but only for us.
FERV888
Don L| 6.14.09 @ 7:37AM
And where in the New Testament does it call for Caesar to take over the moral obligations of individuals? The Nannystate is not charity, but is co-0pting of the obligations of the individual to be charitable (Why else did Obama try to take away the tax break for charitable giving?). Property rights are largely based upon that equation -you can't give what you don't have because the state has taken it away. When the state pays -the state decides -so the Godless state supports infanticide(Obamacide) and involuntary euthanasia (as in Holland etc) Perhaps, the pope knows less than the leftist secularists about Jesus, but he has condemned the Culture of Death they so love, beyond arguement, and that includes those complicite in the Notre Dame fiasco as well as the prominant leftist so--called Catholic politicians.
Satan loves to co-opt God for his evil -remember the temptation of Christ in the desert? He's just using liberalism as his means this time. Liberalism, like Satan, always talks nice (it's for the children)while doing evil (killing them)
Paula Nietert| 6.14.09 @ 9:33AM
Strangely, no one seems to remember that Christ Jesus healed spiritually and call on his followers to heal the sick. If everyone practices spiritual healing, there would be little need for expensive health care.
John| 6.15.09 @ 7:18AM
I reckon Jesus was a libertarian. Socialism is contrary to freedom and truth.
Pingback| 6.15.09 @ 10:30AM
Hot Topics from Google Reader today | THE Right Side of Wisconsin Blog Network links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Pauley| 6.15.09 @ 2:14PM
I don't think Jesus believed in abortion; it kinda negates His creation gig. You know?
Pingback| 6.26.09 @ 5:19PM
Fique por dentro Jesus » Blog Archive » The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Jesus L links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Michael Ejercito| 8.12.09 @ 4:13PM
Did Jesus provide anyone with health care during his early ministry?
What treatment methods did He use?
How much did He spend?
Are Christians required to do more than He did?