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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I guess a problem I have with the "how Jesus saw things" attitude is that this should have nothing to do with what the government does or does not implement. Take Jesus' example as moral instruction for your personal life, but people choosing to donate to the poor (for example) and being mandated to do so by the government are entirely different things. By the same token, marriage between homosexuals should be legal, because even if you believe it is morally wrong according to the Bible (I don't), that has NOTHING to do with what the government should be dictating or "allowing."[/quote]

I think you are a rare Christian.  Most believe that the government should conform to Christian values.  They just selectively forget what those values are.

Some religions (for example Catholicism) are very clear on the responsibility of the state toward the poor.  But even there, Catholics (my own religion) often brush over inconvenient statements from Rome or the US Bishops.[/quote]

Some religions differ, but the words of Jesus are pretty damned explicit:

[quote]When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was ahungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee ahungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was ahungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.[/quote]

So, no, you don't get a pass for "accepting Jesus into your heart", or for going on a Church field trip to jail once a year to try to convert inmates to whatever your particular sect might be.

Christianity is a  religion of social liberalism.  Those that don't understand that aren't practicing Christianity. [/quote]

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