re: I'll reply to that first part of your post, its the only part that is more than near mindless bashing. I'll ignore the rest. I'm not looking for flame wars.
"Flame wars". I just suggested that Ten read an article, I didn't endorse it as right or correct.
re: I argue about one sentence because that's where I see a clear problem, and it is a rather extreme statement.
Then argue with Ten... he thought it was a good article, I just thought he should read it.
re: As for the rest of the post, I don't entirely disagree or agree with it, if I did I would have mentioned that in my reply.
Which you didn't, but now you do.
re: I sort of agree with this part of the article
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But doesn't Jesus say to care for the poor? Repeatedly and insistently, but what he says goes far beyond politics and is of a different order. He declares that only one test will determine who will come into his reign: whether one has treated the poor, the hungry, the homeless and the imprisoned as one would Jesus himself. "Whenever you did these things to the lowliest of my brothers, you were doing it to me" (Matthew 25:40). No government can propose that as its program. Theocracy itself never went so far, nor could it.
The state cannot indulge in self-sacrifice. If it is to treat the poor well, it must do so on grounds of justice appealing to arguments that will convince people who are not followers of Jesus or of any other religion.
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Except I would change the part at the end to "it must do so on grounds of justice or practical benefit appealing to arguments that will convince people who are not followers of Jesus or of any other religion".Except I would change the part at the end to "it must do so on grounds of justice or practical benefit appealing to arguments that will convince people who are not followers of Jesus or of any other religion".
Fighting through you post and logic, simply put, I don't get what you are trying to say. I'm sure it is there somewhere.
Are you going to be the last supporter of the war in Iraq. When the last kid dies, are you going to say "that's my fault" to his wife and family and kids?
Sleep well, asshole.
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