December
2007
Why God Loves Liberals and why Conservatives will Burn in Hell
It’s true, this issue isn’t our normal local fare, nor is it even national — it’s universal. When it comes to whose heart is more pure, liberals clearly are more likely to earn their way into heaven.
Consider the following quotes from scripture:
Then the King (Jesus) will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25:31-39
Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?
1 Kings Chapter 3
Here’s a little irony you may find amusing. I’m guessing that about half of the right wing folks who read this thought to themselves, hmm, where it said “Jesus will say to those on his right…come you who are blessed”, that meant right wingers right? Well not so much. Here is the crux of the problem — the right takes small little snippets to justify their bastardization of the golden rule. The part that is important is the part that speaks to feeding the hungry and clothing the poor.
Jim McGuigan
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Jim:
Interesting take on the scriptures, but the quotes suggest the virtue of private acts of charity, not the vanity of ordering others to give through the tax code. I’m sure you are interested in acts of charity–as many of us are–but don’t confuse the individual works of kindness with the tax and social policies of the left. Virtue comes from sacrafice, not ordering others to sacrafice to fulfill your sense of virtue.
Jim:
I have not gone to services in MANY years; but, please refer to Luke 6:37.
I have to say I find this post quite questionable …
Amen!
Jim,
As is often, often, often repeated to me by my uber-conservative relatives, “America is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles.”
But I often find that this only relates to legislating condemnation on something or someone(gay marriage), and not on legislating charity or kindness. It doesn’t really add up.
Additionally, any talk of burning in hell is conspicuous because there is no hard and fast line on how you come to Jesus, and therefore, no real way to determine who is “in” and who is “out” (the age old question of the church).