Comment on Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus
davidagain@lemmy.world 3 days agoIt sounds like you’re using “pay your taxes” to argue that it’s ok by Jesus if you vote for the Republican party, which I think is messed up because he said so much about caring for others.
jasory@programming.dev 19 hours ago
But did Jesus proscribe government welfare programs? It seems to be that the basis for “Jesus was a socialist”, is based on his teachings on charity. But this can be done by personal charity, and infact those are the examples he gave. Nowhere in the Bible does it say “you should vote for needs-based welfare programs”.
davidagain@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
You turn away from Jesus when you ignore the needs of others.
jasory@programming.dev 13 hours ago
But that’s not socialism, is it?
Also you can try to argue that some methods of welfare distribution are inefficient, but you can’t argue that the needs are being ignored.
davidagain@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You think the GOP looks after people’s needs?! The gop is the party of “f**k you, I’ve got mine”.