Just from my general understanding and some reading of the Bible, that makes sense. Care to explain a little more how so? Don't need to go into specifics and give a lecture, just general points in the Bible that directly contradict leftism
One common argument that the left gives, for wanting to increase taxes and to "force the rich to pay their fair share", is that Jesus wanted us to give. Or, the Bible wants us to give.
However, the Bible repeatedly emphasized that this should be "from the heart". If we help, or give, it has to come from our own resources, and not through a third party. This is a conservative argument today.
There is one scene where a man wanted Jesus to order his brother to split his inheritance. Jesus asked the man who made Jesus judge and divider. When the left talks about "privilege", they're demonizing inheritance. Jesus refused to force the other guy to engage in forced distribution.
I responded to the others on this thread, I recommend you also read my other responses to get other examples. :D
Full context is even better, no forcing, just demonizing those who won't willingly give their share in ways to The LORD:
14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Yes... There are multiple meanings in each verse and passage, all tying to the overall golden theme that keeps running through the Bible.
The full context that you shows illustrates the fact that our physical bodies, and our physical surroundings, are illusions to our real selves... Our spirits. When God told Adam that he came from dust, and that he would return to dust, he was telling this to Adam. In both instances, what matters most is what we do for each other under God's version of what is right and wrong.
People will try to build a name for themselves, and accumulate material wealth for selfish purposes, but this is going to be meaningless on the other side. What matters is doing what Jesus wanted us to do... We accumulate "heaven points" this way. Those won't be taken from us, contrary to the risk that our earthly possessions face.
When we pass on, our material possessions might as well be something we dreamed about the previous night.
Good stewardship involves making something with what you have.
From Luke 19:
Then the other servant came and said,
‘Sir, here is your gold coin;
I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man;
you take up what you did not lay down
and you harvest what you did not plant.’
He said to him,
‘With your own words I shall condemn you,
you wicked servant.
You knew I was a demanding man,
taking up what I did not lay down
and harvesting what I did not plant;
why did you not put my money in a bank?
Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’
And to those standing by he said,
‘Take the gold coin from him
and give it to the servant who has ten.’
But they said to him,
‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
He replied, ‘I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.
Leftism holds that choice as an act unto itself is a good, and any restraint of choice itself is evil. That’s pretty much Lucifer’s position, and the logic he uses to get Eve to eat the damn apple.
Leftist believes that all men are inherently good, will inherently choose good, and any evil is a result of environmental/outside factors. The Old Testament is literally the story of humans fucking it up time and time again on their own until Jesus shows up to give us the chance to clean up our mess. Also, original sin.
Leftism believes that centralization is where all good comes from - ie, the government must handle charitable efforts. Jesus hammers the point home again and again that charity and good works start with the individual.
Just from my general understanding and some reading of the Bible, that makes sense. Care to explain a little more how so? Don't need to go into specifics and give a lecture, just general points in the Bible that directly contradict leftism
One common argument that the left gives, for wanting to increase taxes and to "force the rich to pay their fair share", is that Jesus wanted us to give. Or, the Bible wants us to give.
However, the Bible repeatedly emphasized that this should be "from the heart". If we help, or give, it has to come from our own resources, and not through a third party. This is a conservative argument today.
There is one scene where a man wanted Jesus to order his brother to split his inheritance. Jesus asked the man who made Jesus judge and divider. When the left talks about "privilege", they're demonizing inheritance. Jesus refused to force the other guy to engage in forced distribution.
I responded to the others on this thread, I recommend you also read my other responses to get other examples. :D
Full context is even better, no forcing, just demonizing those who won't willingly give their share in ways to The LORD:
14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’ 20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Yes... There are multiple meanings in each verse and passage, all tying to the overall golden theme that keeps running through the Bible.
The full context that you shows illustrates the fact that our physical bodies, and our physical surroundings, are illusions to our real selves... Our spirits. When God told Adam that he came from dust, and that he would return to dust, he was telling this to Adam. In both instances, what matters most is what we do for each other under God's version of what is right and wrong.
People will try to build a name for themselves, and accumulate material wealth for selfish purposes, but this is going to be meaningless on the other side. What matters is doing what Jesus wanted us to do... We accumulate "heaven points" this way. Those won't be taken from us, contrary to the risk that our earthly possessions face.
When we pass on, our material possessions might as well be something we dreamed about the previous night.
Good stewardship involves making something with what you have.
From Luke 19:
Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief, for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’ He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant; why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’ But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’ He replied, ‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Leftism holds that choice as an act unto itself is a good, and any restraint of choice itself is evil. That’s pretty much Lucifer’s position, and the logic he uses to get Eve to eat the damn apple.
Leftist believes that all men are inherently good, will inherently choose good, and any evil is a result of environmental/outside factors. The Old Testament is literally the story of humans fucking it up time and time again on their own until Jesus shows up to give us the chance to clean up our mess. Also, original sin.
Leftism believes that centralization is where all good comes from - ie, the government must handle charitable efforts. Jesus hammers the point home again and again that charity and good works start with the individual.