"It's not 'class warfare,' it's Christianity."

[ironphoenix]

"Christian" doesn't mean what the far-right fundamentalist capitalists say it does. Susan B. Thistlethwaite explains why in a short and straightforward article. It's not news, but it bears repeating.

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[notsoholygrail.livejournal.com]

Maybe Perry won't be the next president after all.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

Heresy. This article conflates the nation and the Church. Don't do that if you value your soul. Bad, bad things comes from this.

Caesar (the government) certainly has the right to appropriate what belongs to Caesar (the coin). But this is entirely separate from Christian charity. A Christian is not allowed, far less encouraged, to wrest money from others through threats or guile to give to the poor.

Of course, if you really did live in a Christian nation, there would be no need for socialism, since the better off would share happily with the less fortunate. But there are no such nations, nor have there ever been.