tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729098750300763011.post8484390624663524968..comments2023-06-24T05:10:48.660-04:00Comments on Biblical Conservatism: Republicans Should Block This Jobs Bill! Block it Immediately!Christopher Bastedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206117404977772937noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729098750300763011.post-3241640271163542772011-09-16T13:28:47.995-04:002011-09-16T13:28:47.995-04:00Personally I don't think intention is the only...Personally I don't think intention is the only way to measure compassion. There's a story of Martin Sheen going out one night and sleeping on a sewer grate to show he understood the plight of the homeless. He had great intentions. But did this act help the homeless? Of course not. The homeless would have been far better assisted if Sheen just slept in his warm bed that night and scratched a check to a homeless shelter. <br /><br />I measure compassion in RESULTS. Good intentions don't help the needy. Good programs do. Government has good intentions, but private charities have good results.Christopher Bastedohttp://www.biblicalconservatism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729098750300763011.post-42673780441228342302011-09-16T13:15:20.848-04:002011-09-16T13:15:20.848-04:00Wow. Now there's some of the civility that li...Wow. Now there's some of the civility that liberals demand.<br /><br />I'm sorry that hard evidence is upsetting to you. We've tried this method and it failed. That is a fact. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.<br /><br />Where you are the most wrong is the statement that "True Christians are liberals." See, it assumes that the only possible way to care for the needy is government. Now I don't know what Bible you read, but the one I have doesn't have Jesus teaching us to give our money to the government and then have the government care for the poor. It says YOU take care of the poor. It doesn't say "glean your field and give it to the government and let the government distribute it to the poor," it says "leave food on the edges of your field yourself and let the poor access it." <br /><br />See, I'm generous with my own money on my own. It's not about government fixing the problem. Jesus said "YOU give them something to eat." YOU DO IT. Government's job is to prevent infrigement on our rights from others and to provide a common defense. That's it. The Church of Jesus Christ can take care of the poor just fine on it's own.Christopher Bastedohttp://www.biblicalconservatism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729098750300763011.post-78839744490526787062011-09-16T13:08:57.330-04:002011-09-16T13:08:57.330-04:00This is so full of BS it is unbelievable. There i...This is so full of BS it is unbelievable. There is no such thing as a compassionate conservative. True Christians are liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com