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MEMBER BLOG TAG: charitable deeds

Friday, February 11, 2011 3:59PM
 
The unChristian Right
Tags: poor, sick, undocumented, prayer, charitable deeds, enemies, divorce, homosexuality, taxes, fear
 
When Jesus announced his mission on earth he declared that he had come to bring good news to the poor (Luke 4:18). The Christian Right brings bad news to the poor. You are poor because you were born in the wrong place, to inferior parents, of an unblessed color, lacking a superior IQ, devoid of desirable skills, and lazy. If God favored you, you would not have been denied prenatal care, health care, endorsed diets, equal education, equal opportunity, entitlement to a lavish inheritance. If God didn’t like you, why should those whom God favored like you? Jesus asked his followers not to pray in public (Matt. 6: 5, 6). The Christian right demands prayer in schools and other public places. Jesus told his followers to do...
 
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