tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post624215960617574447..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Appling the Hermeneutic of Suspicion to the StateCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-22445897242347323912010-02-18T09:24:18.821-05:002010-02-18T09:24:18.821-05:00Hi Craig: I think it could be because liberals re...Hi Craig: I think it could be because liberals reject the doctrine of original sin--or in Calvinist terms, total depravity. According to it, everyone, the poor, the rich, the government, the middle class, even myself, are tainted with original sin. I've had conversations with some young leftists who say that the "poor" are saved just because they are poor, citing "Blessed are the poor." Thus, for some reason they no longer condemn the sins of the poor, whether addiction, thievery, vandalism (while protesting the Olympics), and homosexuality, because they already have the blessedness of the kingdom by virtue of their poverty. The penchant to this is that the rich are bad and going to hell because they are rich. The government redistributes from the wealthy to the poor, so that is good. It really has very little to do with rigorous biblical interpretation or Christian tradition, according to which no one can please God without faith: whether great or small, poor or rich, male or female. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, including the government, especially when it is redistributing wealth. Some of the most greedy people are poor, being full of envy and covetousness.<br /><br />The liberal is not naturally generous. But he feels guilty about his wealth. So his solution is to promote socialism whereby the all benevolent state takes from some, usually productive middle class people, and gives to people who unproductive. But he himself uses every tax loophole ever devised by expensive lawyers so as not to pay very much tax. But his conscience is eased because he advocated government social programs. He is a compassionate liberal.Peter W. Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160703257731149376noreply@blogger.com