Jesus doesn't care about the poor
I hate to keep picking on DrewB at Conservative Friends, but as long as he makes it this easy, I'll keep pointing it out.
From Conservative Friends:
This is what happens when you cross a Christian with a free-marketeer: he forgets that Jesus comforted the afflicted and afficted the comfortable.
DrewB, since you haven't been paying attention at church, this is just a sampling of what one religion has to do with "justice for the poor:"
"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits." -- Exodus 23:6
" So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth." Job 5:16
" You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge." Psalm 14:6
" The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright." Psalm 37:14
" Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed." Pslam 82:3
" He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker" Proverb 17:5
" If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered." Proverb 21:13
" Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Proverb 31:9
" The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just." Isaiah 32:7
"Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor." Jeremiah 4:28
"Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49
"You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts." Amos 5:12
" Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Matthew 19:21
" Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." Luke 6:20
From Conservative Friends:
And as long as they continue talking, we'll continue getting gems like the following from California Democrat Senator Jack Scott:
""I don't think God is either a Democrat or a Republican," said California state Sen. Jack Scott (search), a Democrat. "The moral values that I really care deeply about is justice for the poor and peacemaking and so that's the reason that I wouldn't call the Republican Party the party of religion.""
Huh? Could someone translate this gibberish for me? I honestly don't remember being called the "party of religion" and even if we were, what would it have to do with peacemaking and justice for the poor?
This is what happens when you cross a Christian with a free-marketeer: he forgets that Jesus comforted the afflicted and afficted the comfortable.
DrewB, since you haven't been paying attention at church, this is just a sampling of what one religion has to do with "justice for the poor:"
"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits." -- Exodus 23:6
" So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth." Job 5:16
" You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge." Psalm 14:6
" The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright." Psalm 37:14
" Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed." Pslam 82:3
" He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker" Proverb 17:5
" If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered." Proverb 21:13
" Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Proverb 31:9
" The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just." Isaiah 32:7
"Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor." Jeremiah 4:28
"Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49
"You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts." Amos 5:12
" Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Matthew 19:21
" Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." Luke 6:20
posted by Jim Higdon at 4:36 AM
1 Comments:
Pay no mind to my still-empty soul music blog, but I wanted to comment and say "hi". Don't know if you remember me but this is Jason Stone, now writing from Marietta, GA after 8 years in Chicago. I saw your post @ the Plug Nickel blog.
You are absolutely right about Jesus and the poor. That's what makes so much of the current religious verbiage from many political figures on both side pretty annoying: Republicans reach to evangelicals yet ignore the economics of Christian compassion, and Democrats recognize the needs of the poor but are too PC to tie it to Christianity!
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