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To: Edwarda who wrote (28982)	1/24/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

>A philosophical difference about what the role of government should be does not preclude enormous personal sensitivity and generosity.< Thank you for pointing that out. I tend toward the Republican/Libertarian end of things - but that doesn't mean I don't care about people. To me - Jesus' message centered on cultivating a personal sense of compassion and allowing this to transcend the packaged morality of the contemporary priest class. Now I'm no political scientist, but to me one of the salient features of Left/Socialism was thinking big. Compassion for the poor was a veneer laid on plans to take over the State. Leftists and Communists, etc. have a plan: 1) Build a base of support to 2) Take over at the highest level possible, in order to 3) share the wealth. The New Testament is clinically clean of any politics, so steps 1 and 2 are not at issue. This imho completely distinguishes Jesus' teaching of charity from Marx' teaching of prosperity through collectivization from a vanquished center.

To: Edwarda who wrote (28982)	1/24/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Edwarda: Individual acts of charity are not the same as State-enforced altruism. Father Terrence