Is universal basic income a biblical solution to poverty?

Christian Post ^ | 03/23/2019 | Chuck Bentley

[boatbums]

[trebb]

“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat....”

That’s a biblical principle....

[Clutch Martin]

I heard about 20 or 30 years ago that if every Church in America took in a homeless person or family they would be it would not be a homeless problem in this country. It’s getting them into the church that’s the issue. And then.... over the 30-year. That has transpired between when I first heard that comment and today I don’t know if there are really that many functioning churches left.

Being poor was a fact of life back when Jesus walked the earth. And so was totalitarianism and so was Hunger, disease, homelessness, widows, orphans, downtrodden... things really haven’t changed all that much. Except The Word Remains the Same. I don’t think the intended was to bring about the perception that there is a magic wand yielding entity. He asked that people look towards God and develop a relationship with the Lord that they might be rewarded after this time on Earth amongst the corrupted creation.

Of course there is much much much more than that but are we really intended to have a governmental standard of income?

[Blue Collar Christian]

Like button needed here FRiend!

[momincombatboots]

You are right. The church abdicated its responsibility decades ago. Now we cannot find our way back because the “poor” have more than the working class.

[PeterPrinciple]

You are right. The church abdicated its responsibility decades ago. Now we cannot find our way back because the “poor” have more than the working class.

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First off, what is the church? We too often think it is the institution.

But we are the church. There are individuals out there we can help but it is messy. A few are poor in worldly things but many are poor in spirit.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

But to whose narrative is it inconvenient? Even many of the people arguing against "Jesus was a socialist" tend to focus on biblical verses about hard work, or the poor always being with us, etc.. But the core distinction between government compulsion and voluntary private charity - is ignored.

This article, for example, didn't even mention it. And it seems the most obvious, unanswerable argument. Jesus wasn't part of the government, and he didn't lobby the government for higher taxes.

[9YearLurker]

No.