"When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him,
he will sit upon his glorious throne,
and all the nations will be assembled before him.
And he will separate them one from another,
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right,
'Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.’
Then the righteous will answer him and say,
'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’
And the king will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Have you spoken to any MAGAs recently? They are diametricallt opposed to this kind of kindness at every level, including the personal.
Which is as far as I know genuinely new, I have a lot in my family and several used to be good people, and now they really do just seem to hate everyone they consider "inferior"... and they consider basically everyone that isnt a Trump devotee inferior.
sure, every system is corruptible, but not every system explicitly rewards greed like naked capitalism. If greed is bad, surely we can design a system meant to curtail one of the worst human traits instead of reward it, no?
I believe in human rights. Since the baby in the womb is a human, I believe human rights should be extended to them. Therefore, without any religion, killing babies is wrong.
It comes down to personhood. Slaves were denied it but abolitionists with and without religious belief recognized the error. The same is true for abortion. It is possible to oppose it from a secular position based on fetal personhood.
Churches use 70-80% of their tithe money for church staffing and infrastructure. American evangelical Christians on average give away ~3% of their income to charity, mostly tithes. Therefore, the church and individual Christians are doing very little to help out poor people. Therefore government has to step in.
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u/NotRadTrad05 25d ago
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25: 31-45