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By: Social Justice, For The Glory of Government » Pursuing Holiness

Social Justice, For The Glory of Government » Pursuing Holiness — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:38:35 +0000

[...] season, there are a few themes worth addressing. The idea that the government providing “universal health care” is the Christian thing to do, for example. The idea that Christians should work to compel [...]

By: What I’m Reading Instead of Working - Pursuing Holiness

What I’m Reading Instead of Working - Pursuing Holiness — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:51:13 +0000

[...] bother having insurance at all, choosing instead to bank their money or spend it on other things, as this video illustrates. Community health care centers, along with the charity/university hospitals in every city, help [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:14:58 +0000

Ed, the concept of your book relies on the goodness of man, which does not exist. It never will. And as C.S. Lewis wrote in The Weight of Glory,

The doctrine that war is always a greater evil seems to imply a materialist ethic, a belief that death and pain are the greatest evils. But I do not think they are. I think the suppression of a higher religion by a lower, or even a higher secular culture by a lower, a much greater evil. Nor am I greatly moved by the fact that many of the individuals we strike down in war are innocent. […] The question is whether war is the greatest evil in the world, so that any state of affairs which might result from submission is certainly preferable. And I do not see any really cogent arguments for that view.

By: Ed Marshall

Ed Marshall — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:07:57 +0000

Communities could organize Community Health Associations (CHA’s)as non-profits that are not controlled by government, insurance companies or the health care providers/industry.
See the 1995 book “Jump-Starting America” regarding the power of volunteer activism to get things done well, not get things messed up by more bureaucracy, with regard to CHA and other issues such as crime, drugs, education, etc.

For a different view on how the history of wars can be ended (really!), take a look at TheWarNoMoreBook.net
site.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:25:35 +0000

Nice try. He does so on an individual basis, as in the good samaritan. The bible by no means mandates communism, and the one time in the bible it was tried on a volunteer basis it failed because people are sinful.

Christians are called to tithe (denominational disagreement on this, but at my church we do 10% pretax) and to give sacrificially beyond that according to our own judgment.

The 8 million people (did you watch the video?) who are uninsured have access to health care the same way I did when I was poor, before I was approved for welfare/Medicaid.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:20:52 +0000

Does God not demand that we care for the sick and the destitute?

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By: The Random Yak

The Random Yak — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:45:23 +0000

Father’s Day With the Silver Surfer…

Went to Southern California over the weekend, primarily to celebrate The Random Mother’s birthday. We had to drive home Sunday (Happy Father’s Day! You win … 7 hours in the car!) and in the interest of maximizing time spent with bo…