Letters to the Voices column of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper have various themes and one which is most prevalent is liberals whining about the dastardly deeds of George Bush and the greedy Republicans who want more. The whines are mostly that the President is cutting taxes to benefit the rich and that Republicans are  gathering up that which should go to the less well off, sometimes saying that the rich and the Republicans are one and the same. 

To support those ideas the liberals are fond of quoting the Bible to prove their point.   Wrong. They are fond of misquoting and taking things out of context to prove their dubious assertions. They loudly proclaim that Jesus was a socialist and told people to share their wealth. Jesus did tell people to share but there isn’t one word in the Bible that comes close to saying he was a socialist. A socialist believes that government should force people to share their means where as Jesus was telling the Jews to voluntarily share their wealth with others. He didn’t preach that the government should force sharing if the people didn’t voluntarily do so.

The so called rich (definition given by the all wise politicians who the liberals elect to office) are castigated and maligned for being rich.  The liberals are fond of quoting and misapplying what Jesus said about the camel going through the eye of the needle easier than the rich entering heaven. The teaching is that those with a lot often think more of their wealth than they do their fellow man and are reluctant to give part of it to others. This teaching is cited to justify the government’s taking from them so more means can be given to the poor. Again they are wrong, wrong, wrong, about wealth and giving.

The Bible is very clear about wealth and the responsibility of those who have it. Paul told Timothy these words: “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate (means share); Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” I Timothy 6:17-19.  The verses fit the words of Jesus to the rich man and the camel perfectly. It can be seen by all who will learn the truth that God doesn’t condemn wealth; doesn’t define what it is as to amount; and does speak to being responsible with it. In addition there will come a time in everyone’s life when doing good won’t be possible for a lot of reasons so don’t let the opportunities slip by is the remainder of Paul’s teaching.

Now to let more air out of the liberal sails, I challenge them to show anyone where their socialist ideas of the government forcing distribution of wealth can be found in the Constitution.  And to take away their patented answer they usually give, that the welfare clause of the Preamble, “promote the general Welfare” and the words of Section 8: Clause 1, “provide for the common Defence and general Welfare,” aren’t license for the government to take from one and give to another. Those who so insist are either deliberately subverting the Constitution for their own ends or have refused to learn the meaning. That judges have ruled differently is one of the reasons there is a problem with understanding the meaning in the Constitution, but wrong rulings don’t make social give away programs Constitutional. 

Whine on you liberals. We who know better laugh each time you spout nonsense. Liberal nonsense is part of the freedom of speech and those who hear it must be able to counter with the truth. I just have.

© 07/26/2011  DEC

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