I don't understand how Christians can be fiscal conservatives.

How can you read anything in the Bible concerning the poor and still be a fiscal conservative?


JAMES, CHAPTER 2:

1 My brothers, do not let class distinction enter into your faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord.

2 Now suppose a man comes into your synagogue, well-dressed and with a gold ring on, and at the same time a poor man comes in, in shabby clothes,

3 and you take notice of the well-dressed man, and say, 'Come this way to the best seats'; then you tell the poor man, 'Stand over there' or 'You can sit on the floor by my foot-rest.'

4 In making this distinction among yourselves have you not used a corrupt standard?

5 Listen, my dear brothers: it was those who were poor according to the world that God chose, to be rich in faith and to be the heirs to the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.

6 You, on the other hand, have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich who lord it over you?

7 Are not they the ones who drag you into court, who insult the honourable name which has been pronounced over you?

8 Well, the right thing to do is to keep the supreme Law of scripture: you will love your neighbour as yourself;

9 but as soon as you make class distinctions, you are committing sin and under condemnation for breaking the Law.

10 You see, anyone who keeps the whole of the Law but trips up on a single point, is still guilty of breaking it all.



LEVITICUS, CHAPTER 25:

35 "If your brother becomes impoverished and cannot support himself in the community, you will assist him as you would a stranger or guest, so that he can go on living with you.



PSALMS, CHAPTER 12:

5 'For the poor who are plundered, the needy who groan, now will I act,' says Yahweh, 'I will grant salvation to those who sigh for it.'



ISAIAH, CHAPTER 10:

1 Woe to those who enact unjust decrees, who compose oppressive legislation

2 to deny justice to the weak and to cheat the humblest of my people of fair judgement, to make widows their prey and to rob the orphan.

3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when disaster comes from far away? To whom will you run for help and where will you leave your riches,

4 to avoid squatting among the captives or falling among the slain? After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!



Fuck. How did AmeriKKKa screw up Christianity so badly? This is legitimately making me depressed, kids.