“God did indeed tell kings to consider the cause of the poor and needy. And he took ruling power away from one king for failure to do so.”
You know, I’m not an expert on the Bible but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. So I’ll take a stab at this. God commanded kings to do a lot of things, but they were kings of Israel and it was the old testament. I assume you are a Christian (If Jewish then never mind!!!), Jesus said his kingdom is not of this world. Jesus never talks of government charity, but individual charity. His kingdom in this world is made up of the church. He commands the church and Christians to be charitable to the poor etc., but he is silent on the government’s role in it.
Another thing is that how are we any different than the Muslim fascists if we try to impose Judeo/Christian philosophy on everyone in this country? This country was set up to worship freely and we are able to have religion in our public discourse. However, we should not be imposing any religious beliefs through the force of government. That’s what it means when the first amendment talks about not establishing religion.
This is no different than the liberals. Liberals are very charitable with the public’s money. Not sure about their own money though. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that a vast majority of liberals are tightwads when it comes to giving to charity.
See the discussion that has ensued on Jesus and the role of government. We’re not imposing religious belief or anything near it. But we do impose through government certain values and many of those are beliefs in rights that are rooted in Judeo Christian faith. That includes the “inalienable rights endowed by our Creator”. They include the sanctity of human life, as in thou shall not murder. They include property rights, as in, thou shall not steal. They include marriage, etc. It also includes care of orphans and indigents.
An occultist who beliefs in human sacrifice cannot freely express his religion in this country because such expression interferes with other individual’s rights. Is that imposing Christianity? Too bad.