green_goglin@thelemmy.club to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 15 days agoFact Check: TRUEthelemmy.clubimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageFact Check: TRUEthelemmy.clubgreen_goglin@thelemmy.club to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 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-up0·14 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-up0·14 days agoDepressingly unsurprising. Up there with viewing being opposed as proof that they’re right.
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.