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Is charity only a religious activity, or can it be a moral activity defined by natural law?
And Jesus Said Unto Paul of Ryan ...
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Is charity only a religious activity, or can it be a moral activity defined by natural law?
As far as I know, all history indicates it's religious.
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This Natural Law. I'm sure Nihilo knows what I mean, since it shares a complementarity with Catholic theology.
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All history?
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yes, i'm familiar with it
in fact, i'm heavily immersed in it at the moment, reading about rousseau and voltaire and all them french morons who built grand philosophical edifices out of bubblegum and shifting sand
i reject it
I should have emphasized "as far as I know."
The Catholic Church has social teaching that is based on and is an extension of her moral teaching.
"There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them."- Jacques Clouseau
Acts 5:3-4New King James Version (NKJV)
3*But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back*part*of the price of the land for yourself?*4*While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
New King James Version*(NKJV)
I know I don't wish my money to be under government control. Let everyone else talk out the side of their mouth if they wish.
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What does lying have to do with paying taxes, and what does paying taxes have to do with talking out the side of one's mouth?
You may not wish your money (a portion of it) to be "under government control," but you enjoy the fruit of your taxation every day in the things which are provided for your health and safety. What you don't seem to want to do is let any of your money be used for the good of someone else. God forbid that should happen, right?
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And on natural law.
Why so defensive? I don't trust government to control my money properly.
Apparently you don't either. Isn't that what the thread is about? Poor old Paul of Ryan that can't spend taxes to your satisfaction?
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There's nothing defensive in what I wrote. Perhaps you'd rather build that strawman than actually answer my question, since the Bible quote has absolutely nothing to do with the idea of the government providing safety nets using tax monies.
There's nothing wrong with that opinion, most people understand there's bound to be waste and inefficiency in a large bureaucratic system so there's always going to be room for improvement.
Is he spending them to your satisfaction?
You took offence because I quoted the scripture the link "drop dead" took me to?
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Umm... no. I'm not the slightest bit offended.
I don't know what the problem is then. I go to a link. I quote it.
I know it isn't meant for me and say so.
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Jesus - Mark 12:17 And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.
You liberals seem to think Caesar is your God, thats your problem.
Jesus even made it easy and separated it for you. Taxes are for security and infastructure, not for charity so it can be mixed with secular agendas - murders, transgederism, theft, drugs, etc.. all things against God.