tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post7274299209206494345..comments2024-03-19T23:09:02.136-04:00Comments on Collecting My Thoughts: How liberal is your church?Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-44889541375830009682009-08-21T15:20:34.658-04:002009-08-21T15:20:34.658-04:00Study after study shows you are wrong. Now if you&...Study after study shows you are wrong. Now if you're only reading liberal think tanks, time to climb out.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-39349489929889837822009-08-21T11:49:34.577-04:002009-08-21T11:49:34.577-04:00Basically false information at its best.
Conserva...Basically false information at its best.<br /><br />Conservatives tend to not give that much to charitable causes at all, not through their church at least, because what is given to the church on a regular basis is not generally used for charity, it is used for the church itself. On the whole American religious conservatives rate as some of the most uncharitable people on earth. One of the the most highly taxes people on the planet, the Norwegians, give 17 times more per person in personal charitable causes as well as through their government.<br /><br />The conservatives love to make the excuse that charity should not be something given through government, but an individual choice, but that is another cop out. Government is, and according to scripture, must be a reflection of the people who create it. Government is not something separate from the people, but something that springs from the people, no matter what form of government. Which is why both the Old Testament and St Paul state that one must pay their taxes without complaint if one enjoys the protections and things that government brings to those who live under it. <br /><br />The news article that suggested that conservatives were more charitable than liberals of course was an op ed piece and of course it provided no proof of what it was asserting. It turns out that the assertion was made by making assertions about from tax returns. But there is no way of telling which tax returns are being filed by conservatives or liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-79222159628245050002009-08-17T18:05:09.797-04:002009-08-17T18:05:09.797-04:00Buttons or librarians? What's the question.Buttons or librarians? What's the question.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-2793642032945803582009-08-17T15:57:35.221-04:002009-08-17T15:57:35.221-04:00Where in the world??? I have seen/read it all!Where in the world??? I have seen/read it all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com