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minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoThat sounds a lot like the conservative christians who use it to argue against government welfare…
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoIt does to me, too, (but they’re being sarcastic here, of course.) “Don’t tax the church, they provide charity to the needy. It’s the community’s job to provide for the less fortunate, not the government’s.”
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days ago“Jesus said the poor will always be with us, so we’ll always have time to prove our faith by alleviating their suffering. Therefore it would be a sin to try to end poverty, because it goes against God’s will.” Literally the logic I’ve heard from these people…
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoDepressingly unsurprising. Up there with viewing being opposed as proof that they’re right.
That sounds a lot like the conservative christians who use it to argue against government welfare…
It does to me, too, (but they’re being sarcastic here, of course.)
“Don’t tax the church, they provide charity to the needy. It’s the community’s job to provide for the less fortunate, not the government’s.”
“Jesus said the poor will always be with us, so we’ll always have time to prove our faith by alleviating their suffering. Therefore it would be a sin to try to end poverty, because it goes against God’s will.”
Literally the logic I’ve heard from these people…
Depressingly unsurprising. Up there with viewing being opposed as proof that they’re right.