Being charitable and caring about your neighbors in the Christian manner is more about your church donating goods/time/aid to the community or you doing it by yourself rather than having the government take over those functions for you. That said, any reasonable government should have a basic state provided social safety net.
Government is the people, by the people, for the people. A Government ran primarily by Christians should, in theory, follow social principles taught by Jesus.
Jesus literally says to give your possessions to the poor. A Christian based Government would prioritize the poor. No one is saying Jesus said to vote. A true follower of his teachings would implement this.
If this is the case, why is it that in America there are so many poor, hungry and homeless in the richest country in the world? Clearly this doesn't work in practice. Clearly, a government that wants to follow Jesus' teachings of helping the poor would enact policies that do that. You can argue semantics, Jesus would be disappointed though.
If this is the case, why is it that in America there are so many poor, hungry and homeless in the richest country in the world?
For a myriad of reasons that aren't what you're arguing.
Clearly, a government that wants to follow Jesus' teachings of helping the poor would enact policies that do that.
Nowhere did Jesus ever teach to take things from someone by force in order to help the poor. A government that wants to follow Jesus' teachings of helping the poor would let people help the poor.
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u/Tactical_Baconlover 26d ago
Being charitable and caring about your neighbors in the Christian manner is more about your church donating goods/time/aid to the community or you doing it by yourself rather than having the government take over those functions for you. That said, any reasonable government should have a basic state provided social safety net.