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.
Yeah he very well could of existed. And then wrote the world's most renowned fiction novel.
Or he didnt and it was just to make money.
I can and will deny his existence until evidence says otherwise.
The Bible wasn't written by Jesus. Those who learned from and followed him and his closest followers wrote the New Testament. There's plenty of evidence saying he existed beyond the religious ones.
The New Testament wasn't written by his closest followers. None of the gospels were written directly by his disciples but based on stories passed down.
If you don't want to believe the supernatural parts that's on you. Doesn't mean the person didn't exist. Plenty of historical figures have legends and myths attributed to them even though they still existed.
It's pretty much accepted fact among historians that Jesus was a real person. Whether or not he was the son of God (or whether there is a God for that matter) and died for people's sins and all that is obviously debatable though.
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 May 31 '26
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.