Go read Heather Cox Richardson, today March 5 and then scroll notes and read Jess Piper 'I Know Exactly what They are Doing' the view of Rural Missouri.
The vindictiveness exhibited by and the trauma (physical and emotional) caused by the IFF in this and other cases, and by the greater MAGA (GOP) in many other legislative actions, is their point. Their crusade towards whatever twisted conservatism they envision leaves nothing built, nothing gained saved tax breaks for whoever looks or is as affluent as them, but tears down plenty. According to them, prosperity (access in this case, financial stability, health) is a zero sum equation, and anyone who dares to be differently abled is detracting from their prosperity. It's sick and demented.
The call of the gospels through Jesus is a call to individual personal loving action. Pretending that you can give money to the government to help other people and have your Christian values expressed adequately in the eyes of the Lord is spiritual error.
Government assistance through some bureaucracy is necessarily devoid of any individual loving spirit, which is why giving your money to the government to do your personal spiritual work is not only cowardice but evil. It is a sham.
Wake up. Praise the Lord. Repent. Do **your own** spiritual work. Do not confuse processes of taxation and government distribution with a genuine spiritual bond with your fellow man.
Greg, my comment was not against the bill itself, which I support due to modern societal constructs, but it is about your screed here:
”This vote revealed once again that many Idaho legislators believe empathy is a sin. They will grandstand about their so-called Christianity, wrapping themselves in Old Testament fire-and-brimstone authoritarianism, but when it comes to following the actual teachings of Jesus—feeding the hungry, caring for the poor, lifting up the vulnerable—they are nowhere to be found.”
For the record, I don’t think this bill follows the actual teachings of Jesus, it is just a sidebar correction to the massive interventionism which has occurred to undermine those who follow Jesus’ teaching. Using government to distribute resources is completely against the teachings of Jesus.
Go read Heather Cox Richardson, today March 5 and then scroll notes and read Jess Piper 'I Know Exactly what They are Doing' the view of Rural Missouri.
The vindictiveness exhibited by and the trauma (physical and emotional) caused by the IFF in this and other cases, and by the greater MAGA (GOP) in many other legislative actions, is their point. Their crusade towards whatever twisted conservatism they envision leaves nothing built, nothing gained saved tax breaks for whoever looks or is as affluent as them, but tears down plenty. According to them, prosperity (access in this case, financial stability, health) is a zero sum equation, and anyone who dares to be differently abled is detracting from their prosperity. It's sick and demented.
Their hypocrisy is breathtaking. They think just wearing the cross makes them Christian.
These days, I interpret the display as a warning sign. Cross wearing legislator = Uh Oh!
The call of the gospels through Jesus is a call to individual personal loving action. Pretending that you can give money to the government to help other people and have your Christian values expressed adequately in the eyes of the Lord is spiritual error.
Government assistance through some bureaucracy is necessarily devoid of any individual loving spirit, which is why giving your money to the government to do your personal spiritual work is not only cowardice but evil. It is a sham.
Wake up. Praise the Lord. Repent. Do **your own** spiritual work. Do not confuse processes of taxation and government distribution with a genuine spiritual bond with your fellow man.
And what does any of this have to do with the idea of people being able to be more self reliant by putting money in their own savings account?
Greg, my comment was not against the bill itself, which I support due to modern societal constructs, but it is about your screed here:
”This vote revealed once again that many Idaho legislators believe empathy is a sin. They will grandstand about their so-called Christianity, wrapping themselves in Old Testament fire-and-brimstone authoritarianism, but when it comes to following the actual teachings of Jesus—feeding the hungry, caring for the poor, lifting up the vulnerable—they are nowhere to be found.”
For the record, I don’t think this bill follows the actual teachings of Jesus, it is just a sidebar correction to the massive interventionism which has occurred to undermine those who follow Jesus’ teaching. Using government to distribute resources is completely against the teachings of Jesus.