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Aug. 24th, 2009 06:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matt_doyle...I'm just tired of fundamentalist bullshit willfully misinterpreting my religion. So I'm just going to say it.
If you oppose welfare, if you oppose public healthcare?
You are neglecting your Christian duty to care for the poor. As someone noted in another journal:
Matthew 25:35-45-
'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
The next time some Christian-values touting Republican tells you they don't support public healthcare, remind them of this.
If you oppose welfare, if you oppose public healthcare?
You are neglecting your Christian duty to care for the poor. As someone noted in another journal:
Matthew 25:35-45-
'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
The next time some Christian-values touting Republican tells you they don't support public healthcare, remind them of this.
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Date: 2009-08-24 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-24 02:21 pm (UTC)This post is aimed at people who are arguing in good faith, but from a 'no handouts, no coddling the poor' position.
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Date: 2009-08-24 02:28 pm (UTC)On a semi-related note-- the pastor this past Sunday at a church I'm considering defined the 'principalities'/etc in Ephesians as anything that makes people feel alone, unwanted, and vulnerable to temptation, sin, etc. Poverty and lack of healthcare were issues he brought up as darkness for Christians to fight. It was an interesting sermon.
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Date: 2009-08-24 02:31 pm (UTC)I've occasionally considered going to seminary, but honestly I can't think of any church or congregation who would really be down with my rabble-rousing, XD. And though I think I'd enjoy it, I don't really feel called, and that's one vocation I wouldn't pick up without feeling directly that I had a calling for it.
I've often considered trying to get a position as a sermon-writer, though.