What would Jesus say about Big Government?

[Little-Acorn]

One of the sillier attempts to justify Big Government getting bigger, to handle social problems that are best left to the people involved, or at most to local governments' assistance.

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from the Wall Street Journal, "Best of the Web", March 18, 2017

What would Jesus say about big government?

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe.

Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive.

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today.

 

[NYcarbineer]

What would the King of Kings say about government?

He'd advocate an absolute monarch.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Kristof is a loon and the Slimes is teetering towards bankruptcy

 

[oreo]

One of the sillier attempts to justify Big Government getting bigger, to handle social problems that are best left to the people involved, or at most to local governments' assistance.

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from the Wall Street Journal, "Best of the Web", March 18, 2017

What would Jesus say about big government?

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe.

Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive.

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today.

I think the questiion should be what would Jesus say about Donald Trump--LOL

 

[Staidhup]

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto the Lords what is his. Jesus was not a socialist my any standards and preached charity should be voluntary, without note, and was the responsibility of all who followed him and believed in God.

 

[OldLady]

One of the sillier attempts to justify Big Government getting bigger, to handle social problems that are best left to the people involved, or at most to local governments' assistance.

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from the Wall Street Journal, "Best of the Web", March 18, 2017

What would Jesus say about big government?

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe.

Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive.

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today.

He did get a little tired of the miracles at times, though. "Heal yourselves!"
Jesus might have appreciated Medicare.

 

[Little-Acorn]

I think the questiion should be what would Jesus say about Donald Trump

Especially since you can't answer the real question, which was, "What would Jesus say about big government?".

 

[oreo]

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto the Lords what is his. Jesus was not a socialist my any standards and preached charity should be voluntary, without note, and was the responsibility of all who followed him and believed in God.

Regardless I don't think Jesus Christ would have ever approved of Donald Trump, but Evangelicals so called cough cough Christians had no problems with Trump.

 

[irosie91]

wrong again-----the followers of Jesus pick wheat berries in a field not belonging
to them------and eat them in the book of Matthew. ------Technically they did not violate law by STEALING someone else's wheat-----because it was legal to eat food growing
in fields if needed-------freely-------a principle of SOCIALISM. They DID violate law
by DOING THE PICKING on Saturday------sorta---maybe. <<that was the issue----
ie PIcking-----not stealing

 

[OldLady]

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto the Lords what is his. Jesus was not a socialist my any standards and preached charity should be voluntary, without note, and was the responsibility of all who followed him and believed in God.

Regardless I don't think Jesus Christ would have ever approved of Donald Trump, but Evangelicals so called cough cough Christians had no problems with Trump.

They voted for him SOLELY because of the Supreme Court. I hope Gorsich comes down on the side of abortion, just to teach them a lesson.

 

[irosie91]

I think the questiion should be what would Jesus say about Donald Trump

Especially since you can't answer the real question, which was, "What would Jesus say about big government?".

he said it---"leave it in the hands of the scholars ----teachers of the law"
the concept cannot be applied in the USA

 

[Little-Acorn]

he said it---"leave it in the hands of the scholars ----teachers of the law"
the concept cannot be applied in the USA

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

 

[norwegen]

Through their history, the Israelites were enslaved and oppressed. The Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Syrians, and in Jesus' day, the Romans. Jesus, the Messiah, was their deliverance from their sin - their idolatry - and consequently their bondage and exile.

On earth as it is in heaven, God's will be done. Christianity - the church that Jesus built upon Peter ("rock"), liberated God's people from tyrannical regimes.

 

[irosie91]

he said it---"leave it in the hands of the scholars ----teachers of the law"
the concept cannot be applied in the USA

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

sorry---but you missed it----not your fault----he actually DID. He described
the PEOPLE BEING IN AUTHORITY to be the "teachers of the law"-----
That "law" is the laws of the torah. The law of the torah provides that ANYONE
can pick growing fruits to eat ON THE SPOT if needed!!!! <<<< --get it? SOCIALISM!!!!! It was a LAW under the AUTHORITY OF THE TEACHERS
OF THE LAW. The law also provides for TITHING OF CROPS-----in an
agrarian society THAT IS SOCIALISM----sorta

 

[Sunni Man]

Always comical to hear secular atheist people lecture Christian people about Jesus. ....

 

[LeftofLeft]

One of the sillier attempts to justify Big Government getting bigger, to handle social problems that are best left to the people involved, or at most to local governments' assistance.

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from the Wall Street Journal, "Best of the Web", March 18, 2017

What would Jesus say about big government?

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe.

Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive.

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today.

Jesus believed in Big Church and limited Government. I find it laughable when they same people pull out the 'What Would Jesus Do" card for Big Government spending, those are the same people that come out with fire and brimstone at the thought of the 10 Commandments in the Courthouse, a Nativity Scene at the Town Square, a public school Valedictorian thanking Jesus in a speech, or a Cross at a Veterans' Memorial.

Look, Christians are commanded to feed the poor and help the sick and we will be measured on that. No where does it say anything about giving to the Government. Now, if the Government wishes to embrace Christianity by in the name of Christ to facilitate transfer of money from Christians to the sick and poor, let's have that discussion. Otherwise, let's talk about the cronies and bureaucracies that need to be paid before the poor and sick get their money.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Jesus wouldn't say anything about big government. It had no importance to him.
When the pharisees tried to trick him into saying something derogatory about big Roman government, his response was, " Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar" as he held a coin with Caesar's image on it.
Governments come and go, but Christ's words will never fade away.

 

[Rob37]

Let's face it: Jesus was a socialist troublemaker. If he reappeared today we would all have to live in communes, eat salads, and give up material goods. It would totally suck.

 

[RodISHI]

One of the sillier attempts to justify Big Government getting bigger, to handle social problems that are best left to the people involved, or at most to local governments' assistance.

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from the Wall Street Journal, "Best of the Web", March 18, 2017

What would Jesus say about big government?

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is having fun implying that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s effort to replace ObamaCare is at odds with Mr. Ryan’s Catholic faith. The column is of a piece with the “Jesus was a socialist” arguments that bounce around the left half of the social media universe.

Without wrestling with any difficult questions of faith or logic, Mr. Kristof simply casts the federal bureaucracy in the role of Jesus. Then the Timesman proceeds to suggest through satire that by seeking to reduce outlays and improve incentives in federal programs, Mr. Ryan is defying the will of his God. Of course if federal agencies were ever actually given the statutory mission to do as Jesus would do, Mr. Kristof would be as horrified as anyone. But this seems to be a political season when people who spend much of the year driving religion out of public life abruptly drag it back in as they attempt to justify big government. It’s not necessarily persuasive.

The ancient book has numerous admonitions to perform charity and various condemnations of greed, but it’s not easy to find a passage in which Jesus says that government is the best vehicle to provide aid, or that anyone should force others to donate.

Even casual readers of the Bible may notice that Jesus doesn’t get along all that well with the political authorities of his time and (spoiler alert!) his relationship with government ends rather badly. Back then, tax collectors were not presumed to be the dedicated public servants that we appreciate so much today.

He'd say wisdom must have avoided your doorstep for it was filthy in that wicked generation of vipers and thieves.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Let's face it: Jesus was a socialist troublemaker. If he reappeared today we would all have to live in communes, eat salads, and give up material goods. It would totally suck.

If you belong to Jesus, what you will be is co-heir to all of God's creations and universes. With a crown and all. You are a child of the Most High, and will be expected to act like it. Be that. it is a gift from your very own Father.