“Not only is the Bible extensive in its teaching on wealth and poverty, but it is uncomfortably clear and plain. There is not the ambiguity and complexity that one finds in some other subjects, as in the 'tension' and dynamic balance of apparent opposites that one finds in such doctrines as the New Testament view of the state. The Bible is clearly and emphatically on the side of the poor.”
–Bob Sabath, in a 1974 article for Sojourners.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
the bible and the poor
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As usual, Sojourners is printing bleeding-heart trash worthy of a not-very-bright 12 year old who thinks he has just discovered his "social conscience." The Bible is not on the side of "the poor" and it is certainly not on the side of the redistribution of wealth agenda that the leader of Sojourners (a liar of nearly pathological proportions) keeps on supporting. Witness the hateful straw-man childishness of Sojourners' "God is not a Republican--or a Democrat" bumper stickers. The Bible is on the side of poor individuals, not an abstraction called "the poor." As Oscar Wilde said in one of the best Christian texts ever written, De Profundis, "Christ was the first individualist in history." AMEN! Exhibit A: Love your neighbor (an individual) as yourself (an individual). Exhibit B: At judgment day, sheep and goats are divided based on whether they helped Jesus when he was in need (meaning Jesus in another needy person, another indivdiual). It isn't about standing for some nonsensical "social justice" agenda; it's about Christ-like individualism, without which love is impossible.
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