Starving children eat insects (Source of illustration, HERE)
Here is an article, by Julie Ingersoll, that underlines the aberrations produced by fundamentalist ideological readings of Scripture.
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On Wallbuilders Live yesterday, David Barton and company tackled the question posed by the “religious left” in the budget debate: “What would Jesus cut?“
“The role of the government is not to exercise mercy, but to exercise justice. It is improper for government to take care of the poor. That is up to us, as individuals,” they said.
With guest Michael Youseff (active Islamophobe who recently wrote on his blog about the application of the Bible to government spending and the poor), Barton and his sidekick Rick Green invoked the framework for limited biblical jurisdiction developed and promoted by Rushdoony. They claimed that there are “205 (Bible) verses about taking care of the poor,” and asserted that “only one is directed to government” and that one requires no more than that they (the poor) be “treated fairly in court.”
This view is taken directly from Rushdoony, in which God has ordained three spheres of government and delegated limited authority to each: the family, the church, and the civil government (I have written more about that here). Each sphere has specific biblical responsibilities, and any action on issues outside those responsibilities is “tyrannical.”
Lord help us.
By: Philip Hunt on 12 July 2011
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