- December 22nd, 2020, 11:08 am
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stokesjokes wrote: ↑December 22nd, 2020, 10:24 amThis is such misguided thinking. Even your terms like "poor" "marginalized" and "oppressed" are off base. Nobody in America is marginalized or oppressed, I would argue nobody in America is poor, if you took the poorest american and put them in congo, they would be considered well off.Class of 20Something wrote: ↑December 22nd, 2020, 9:22 am I think we have to consider these polls don't account for a major variable. In most of these issues the "white Evangelical Republican" is being asked what should taxpayer money be used for. Most of the responses are going to line up with fiscal conservatism. Delegating my own funds to tithes and other organizations is my best mechanism to fulfill those callings of compassion. Legislating how the income of others is allocated for those causes isn't compassion, it's theft. If you don't agree it's theft, don't pay your taxes and find out. The IRS has plenty of well trained and incredibly equiped arresting officers.I used to think this way, but I’ve seen that relying on “true” compassion is woefully inadequate. God gave us government as a tool, and, especially in a representative democracy, we can decide to put people in place who can allocate our taxes to things that benefit the poor, marginalized, and oppressed.
Again, I don't lack compassion, I tithe and give in other ways, but legislating compassion is an oxymoron.
And something like refugee resettlement requires government cooperation, so advocating for policies that enable refugee resettlement should not be a controversial christian position.