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Sarah Palin spoke in Cincinnati yesterday. She's dropped Ayers-the-terrorist from her stump attack against Obama, and has added in Joe-the-plumber with the 'horrifying' tag that Obama wants to "spread your wealth around" -- recited to a chorus of boos from the white-bread audience. This obviously plays well to the Republican base.
Which makes me wonder. The Republican base is largely conservative Christians, who are reputed to follow Jesus' example and teachings. Now, I don't have a dog in this theological fight; in fact, I don't think there's a dog at all. But...
Certainly Jesus wasn't against taxation ("Render unto Caesar" and all that). So given the two tax plans put forward by the candidates, I wonder which one Jesus would prefer: a tax plan that gives the largest tax decreases to the wealthiest people (McCain's plan); or the one that would give the largest tax decreases to the poorest people while asking the wealthy to shoulder more of the tax burden (Obama's plan)?
Which makes me wonder. The Republican base is largely conservative Christians, who are reputed to follow Jesus' example and teachings. Now, I don't have a dog in this theological fight; in fact, I don't think there's a dog at all. But...
Certainly Jesus wasn't against taxation ("Render unto Caesar" and all that). So given the two tax plans put forward by the candidates, I wonder which one Jesus would prefer: a tax plan that gives the largest tax decreases to the wealthiest people (McCain's plan); or the one that would give the largest tax decreases to the poorest people while asking the wealthy to shoulder more of the tax burden (Obama's plan)?
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Boy are they going to be surprised when they get to Heaven and find it full of poor people. I bet they wind up standing outside kvetching with the terrorists who were expecting the 72 virgins.
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I just think that many Christians have an oddly skewed vision of the Bible in general and Jesus in particular. I mean, look at the guy: He was poor. He was homeless more than once. He was unemployed more than once (not counting messiah duties, but his carpentry career). He was widely hated in many of the places he visited, and only became really popular later. He gave some very savvy advice, but it's advice that's rather hard to follow. Simple in concept, but very difficult emotionally. So people tend to gloss over that stuff.
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LOL
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