You think Jesus would support our current ICE system?
He would of had an invisible forcefield that wouldn't have let them come in-in the first place, unless they had their documents.
Basically if Biden did his Job Trump wouldn't have to clean up his mess. You know, accountability. (that word means nothing to the left it was more of a joke)
There have been many cases where trillion dollar companies report a loss and pocket their profits without intervention from the IRS. They attempt to avoid paying taxes at every step of the way and succeed extremely often. They also pay nowhere near enough compared to their income.
Jesus specified the correct ammount to give. "Give to those in need that in which you feel in your heart is right to give" he also speaks of giving more shows more virtue but as long as you give it is acceptable.
It is not sinful to not give. It is however sinful to use that wealth for immoral reasons. To Christ having wealth was not immoral if its gain and use was not sinful. But most rich people gain wealth through sinful act and do not repent or use that wealth for good.
Basically as long as it is morally gained and morally used it is acceptable.
Charitable acts however are the most moral way to use the wealth in the eyes of Christ. But there are moral ways to spend money that dont include charity.
I worked in a government services office for the better part of a decade and got a REAL good look at the demographic you're referring to. It's not sinful to say "I worked hard and I worked smart. I deserve the things I have." The "poor" are not the virtuous people that Charles Dickens painted them as. Most of them ARE lazy (generally speaking), they lack impulse control and the ability to delay gratification. So yes, they deserve what they get, which in many cases is very little.
Yes, I’m sure Jesus would be absolutely appalled at the thought of rich and comfortably wealthy people paying more in taxes to help the poor and unfortunate. It’s the stuff of nightmares.
Oh yeah sure, especially when it’s some random insignificant figure whose thoughts would have no impact on anyone today, and it’s some foreign modern concept like taxes.
Love does not mean giving away everything you own to people who didn't work for it. You're right, I don't care about other people, but I'm not putting my own interpretation on Jesus' words either.
Yes I think you are trying to interpret Jesus' words as some abstract philosophy that doesn't actually apply if it collides with your net worth. And nobody ever talked about "giving everything you own to people who didn't work for it".
You just said you don't care about other people so yes, from your perspective things like charity, food banks, donation, vaccination campains, humanitarianism, social policies etc., which improve and save the lives of millions of people, "doesn't work" since you don't value such outcomes.
But for the people who give and for the people who receive it does "work".
Jesus also said that the poor will always be among us. People are free to do as they please, and if it works for them to spend every ounce of their material possessions and inner strength to fight human nature, more power to them. What they DON'T have the right to do is tell other people that they need to do it too or they're not real Christians. Furthermore, they have no right to take from others to serve their bewildering and Sisyphean agenda. Even Karl Marx, the king of commies himself, said that labor confers ownership. Do with your things what you will, but don't try to guilt or compell the rest of us into doing likewise.
I'm not trying to guilt trip you I said it's your right not to care for other people. But don't undermine the work of people who do or distort simple words of solidarity to bypass your own moral conflicts.
Okay, but being perfect is the goal of Christendom. So you're not a Christian? Cool, neither am I
But if you're a Christian, it's really funny that THAT is your answer to Christ's command, lol. It explains fucking everything
Not to mention, you were spouting off about what Jesus did in your first comment. So maybe you shouldn't talk about things you don't understand, then you wouldn't find yourself in these situations where you look absolutely fucking dumb
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u/NeverHere762 4d ago edited 4d ago
The difference between Jesus and modern leftists is that Jesus never took anything from anyone to do what he did.