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> Two posts have generated some interest and they seem to be centered around
> the same basic idea - government.
>
> "Can Christians be pro death(Rom 13)" and "Jesus is a Republician"
>
> I would like some comments on the ideas that these two have started
rumbling
> around in my head.
>
> From the Comments on Romans 13 we can see that Christians are to be
subject
> to the government that has been placed over us because it has been put
there
> by God. In Jesus is a Republician we see that Christians are responsible
> for social issues and the loving care given to others (which the concept
of
> what is loving care and what is just inabling is a hot enough topic).
>
> Now the rub. God has given us a society where WE are the ones in charge
of
> our government, something the early chuch did not have. WE determine who
is
> put in charge and how the differing issues are going to be resolved.
> Therefore WE are in charge of ourselves (and that can be a scary thought).
Alright, just taking this idea and running with it. When WE vote a
Government, we can vote one that enables us to stay in charge of our own
charitable giving of cups of water in Jesus' name, be that time or money, or
we can impose a blanket tax on Christians and non-christians alike, and give
that money to Government agents, Christians and non-Christians alike, and
let the cups of water flow, but not in Jesus' name, only in the name of the
state.
We can wash each others feet, or, being as you imagine in charge of our
government, we can say, "I didn't wash your feet, brother, but I did pay
taxes so a civil servant who doesn't share our world view could do it, oh
and by the way take most of the money at the same time". The overinvolvement
of government in our affairs has caused too many people to be employed.
Normally these employees taken out of production would be a terrific strain
on the work force, but as you know there is a large illegitimate work force
of women, who should be at home keeping house and bringing up their
children, who now are expected by the consumer society to go out of the home
and work, and whose husbands, if they earn well, are paying the money it
would take to keep them doing what God intended to some faceless female
bureaucrat, so she has to go out and work, and maybe even be that faceless
bureaucrat paid out of her husband's taxes, and her children let themselves
in and make their own sandwiches when they come home from school, and then
they go on the internet unsupervised and if we are very fortunate they might
look in here, but we all know that there are a lot of more likely places,
and not very savoury ones at that.
If she weren't working there in the government using up the tax monies by
deciding who can receive them, her husband, who paid taxes for her to do
just that, could have her being a proper wife and mother at home.
Best,
Uncle Davey
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