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Does Reading the Bible Daily Really Increase Your Interest in ‘Social Justice’?

Reading Bible Social Justice PovertyIn what some may dub a landmark study, Baylor University researcher Aaron Franzen found something that will likely get both conservatives and liberals talking: Reading the Bible daily helps American Christians become more concerned about poverty, civil liberties and conservation.

Interestingly, the study claims that as people read the Bible more regularly, they become more concerned with a variety of social issues. David Briggs, a writer for the Association of Religion Data Archives, has more:

The study, one of the first to examine the social consequences of reading Scripture, reveals the effects of Bible reading appear to transcend conservative-liberal boundaries.

Thus, even as opposition to same-sex marriage and legalized abortion tends to increase with more time spent with the Bible, so does the number of people who say it is important to actively seek social and economic justice, Franzen found.

In America, faith and politics often intermingle, with commonly-held stereotypes interfering with the ways in which people view the Bible, Christianity and the like. Surprisingly, Franzen’s study finds that all Christians, regardless of political affiliation, have found their attitudes transforming as a result of reading the Bible.

Briggs claims that those individuals who believe that the Bible is literally true, but who spend little time reading it, will actually find themselves at ideological odds with those who devote more time to the scriptures.

This is one of the first studies that examines “the social consequences of reading scriptures.” The research indicates that the frequency of time spent in the Bible is one of the most powerful predictive factors associated with citizen attitudes on social and political issues. Below, Briggs provides some of the findings:

- The likelihood of Christians saying it is important to actively seek social and economic justice to be a good person increased 39 percent with each jump up the ladder of the frequency of reading Scripture, from reading the Bible less than once a year to no more than once a month to about weekly to several times a week or more.

- Christian respondents overall were 27 percent more likely to say it is important to consume or use fewer goods to be a good person as they became more frequent Bible readers.

- Reading the Bible more often also was linked to improved attitudes toward science. Respondents were 22 percent less likely to view religion and science as incompatible at each step toward more frequent Bible reading.

While the study seems to contend that readers “moderate” their views over time, this is a somewhat bold statement to make. Franzen says the following of the study:

“Usually, the literalists tend to read the most frequently, but increased reading over time would moderate their conservatism.”

Findings indicate that as Bible reading continues, people also become more opposed to abortion, the death penalty and expanding the government’s role in fighting terrorism. While abortion is easy to pinpoint as a conservative issue, the others may vary in their association with either end of the partisan scale.

Also, “social justice” truly needs to be better defined before contending that conservative readers would “moderate” in their reading. Regardless, it comes as no surprise that those who spend more time reading the Bible would subsequently become more generous to those in need.

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  • Bearfoot
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:46pm

    Reading God‘s Word daily should increase your understanding and importance of God’s Kingdom.
    Matthew 24:14, 6:9-13, and Daniel 2:44, 7:13-14

    If a person cannot understand the significance of these scriptures, then he cannot understand what the Bible is all about.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:56pm

      So it’s your own test, then?

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    • turkey13
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:04pm

      I just wish all the politicians had to read the verse in the Bible each session where Jesus states – “You will always have your poor”. To the best of my knowlege after 2000 years it is a true statement and Obama will not solve the problem, no matter how much he spreads the wealth.

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    • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:31pm

      The question is your interest personally helping people God puts in your path or Government forcing taking away the free will offering described in the scriptures.

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:41pm

      70s kids,

      Can you re-write your comment please. I have read it about five times and cannot understand what you are trying to say.

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    • its_time_to_arrest_our_government
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:45pm

      hey turkey liberals are not talking about their money, only yours and mine. remember liberals dont like paying their taxes ether and I’ve never never read anything in the bible that says social justice. the bible says its up to us as individuals to care for the poor. its not now nor was it ever the governments job to do it. social justice is right out of Carl Marx. Marx was a drunk and lived off his friends capitalists dads money. 3 of his 4 kids died of starvation in infancy. this is hardly anyone to be listening to.

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    • watchmany2k
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:45pm

      What I get out of reading daily is that I am woefully inadequate and in dire need of salvation.
      The day of my death shall be happier for me than the day of my birth.
      (and my relatives-I’m Irish, and have written orders for a proper Irish wake with Whisky and Songs ;)

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:53pm

      Not if it’s a KJV. Maybe if it’s the new gay version.

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    • JRook
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:57pm

      No doubt more thump it or bang it than read it, that’s for sure.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:09pm

      70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Thank you……consider this a big thumbs up!! You are right, it is about us helping the people that are put into our lives for us to help……..it is not about the government that takes from all of us and corrupts the use of that money by leaving the poor and needy no dignity.

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    • bruce_baker
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:11pm

      Bearfoot, I prefer Proverbs 3: 1 – 7.

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:17pm

      vennoye,

      Aahh, I see it now, thanks for the interpretation of 70s kids comment.

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    • Miami
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:21pm

      Maybe if it’s some rewritten Socialist/Marxist interpretation like dr.Cone’s Black Liberation Theology books. You know where Christ was a failure and only by giving up all that you have worked for can you receive atonement. Oh yea and Christ was a Palestinian Muslim, even though Mohammad was not to be born for about 400 years…

      I think I saw a pig flying or was that a puty cat…?

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    • Bearfoot
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:27pm

      bruce_baker,

      Oh yes, excellent!
      There are so many ways to highlight God’s sovereignty and your scripture selection is excellent.

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    • momprayn
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:40pm

      OLD TRUCKERS – And to make it a little simpler – the key word is “VOLUNTARY”. Jusus wants us to give cheerfully, etc. He‘s not into having the Govn’t stealing people’s money (which it is) and them deciding where it goes….and also passing bills, regulations that hinder people from giving to whomever they choose. They do that too – in trying to send money to our daughter who badly needed it – we were limited to the amount we can give each year or it’ll be taxed. My husband and I are always talking about how the Govn‘t really doesn’t want anyone to be able to help others — they only want people to be forced to get help from the Govn’t. It’s very, very insidious and evil.

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    • platitude
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:41pm

      i prefer proverbs 3:5 “trust in the lord with all your heart, do not depend on your own understanding”
      i.e. dont reason, just have faith, pray, be obedient. And the fundamentalists call the liberals “fools”, haha

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    • getalong
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:52pm

      Jesus was never, ever about “social justice”, Jesus was all about “equal justice”. I invite anyone to debate Jesus and his views. Social Justice versus Equal Justice. Show me in the bible a statement made by Jesus in which he supports social justice. You will not beable to find it.

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    • olliec
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:21pm

      Amen!

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    • olliec
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:22pm

      Barefoot…you are exactly right. The entire bible is about Jesus and those passages show that clearly.

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    • Amos37
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:54pm

      There‘s actually other people out there that study God’s Word every day?!!? What is all that stuff about being a good person? that‘s not from God’s Word: And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
      And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

      Jesus died for us to inherit eternal life. it’s about time some people learned some respect for the Savior of the world.

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:26pm

      It makes you more forgiving and appreciative you Baylor elite socialists! I can’t believe they did a study on people that read the Bible! You would think that EVERYONE reads the Bible, but unfortunately they don’t. Obviously these students don’t or they would have answered their own study and could have saved the time for beer pong or keg stands! AARRGGGHHH!!

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:37pm

      Well, duh. Of course reading the Bible makes a person make a person believe it’s “important to actively seek social and economic justice.” That’s what Christ taught. He didn’t teach that we support the richest among us but, instead, “the poorest among us.”‘

      I suggest that all of you read the lead-in to this thread again, and then go read Psalms. If you come away thinking that the Big Guy loves how you support the richest among us at the expense of the poorest among us, and how you got the idea that in Heaven everyone is equal, but here on Earth God loves the opposite, then your going to have some ‘splaining to do when you meet the Almighty.

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    • localwes
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:07am

      There is a difference between reading and understanding. II Tim 2:15 says STUDY. Nowhere in the Bible does it say for the Government to take care of anyone. We are to take care of the widows and orphans. He who does not work will not eat.

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    • czuercher
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:08pm

      I have worked in a federal social program for more than 15 years. From the inside I can tell you a common family characteristic receiving benefits is a single mom with children, and an “income providing” boyfriend who lives in the house. I live in a state where the grad rate is low and the hope teens have for their future is to turn 18 and collect their own benefits. When asked to weed these people out I was told we are not the police and that would cut our clients in half. We are an agency who serves poverty families and had received stimulous money.

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    • Goop
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:35pm

      The LEFT and thier sheer STUPIDITY…there is no such thing as “social justice” unless you’re a Communist/Facist/Marxist/Socialist/Islamist,…
      And with one currently, illegally occupying the White House and he has ALL the Lame Stream Media at his disposal there, and they just Coo over every little thing he says ….so now we have a new “catch phrase” it sounds good, but what is it really?
      On the other hand, there IS Equal Justice…as found in our Constitution…and what Dr. MLK walked for, but the LEFT is always manipulating words to trying and decieve us….
      It’s like someone complaining that “it’s not fair”….I’m sorry, but “FAIR” went out the window in Kindergarden….grow up, man up and be responsable!!!!

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  • W@nd@
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:45pm

    Say What?
    You twist the Truth of the Word
    to your own detriment and folly!
    Socialized anything is a detriment to any society…
    the Bible is NOT a book pushing liberal or socialized anything
    It is a book on Life and Liberty..self-sacrifice ..love and God’s Plan for Man!
    The care and keeping of the law written on our hearts and
    helping our brothers and sisters in this life !
    It’s one bourne of love and respect written on the heart…
    It is nothing as you have stated.
    The Bible is a living Word that reads you as much as you read it…
    It is a Book written by the Spirit of the Living God…and
    you have lowered in your esteeming this true Word…
    by reading it in the natural thinking of the mind!
    The Bible is to be read from the heart (hEARt)
    where God placed an ear to hear….
    reading the Bible will change you from the inside out…
    Try reading it from the hEARt and
    see if your perceptions of your present beliefs change….
    Speaking from experience i can guarantee you they will indeed!

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  • cjays
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:44pm

    I read the bible everyday and I can assure you I do not come away thinking about “social justice”. More propaganda from the left!!!!

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:50pm

      True Christian beliefs are not changed by mere words in scripture.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:58pm

      Yeah, Baylor University that hot bed of Socialists!.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:03pm

      @Cjays — I agree with you there; this “Social Justice” is just another attempt to legitimize theft of what people have earned and worked for during their lives…punish success to ‘level the playing field for everyone.’ I think that is one of the other phrases they of the socialistic bent like to use as well.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:07pm

      I to read my Bible everyday and i am a better man by doing so,but never once have i wanted to be a socialist

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    • HKS
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:17pm

      Most all universities are hot beds for socialist. That’s what they do, infiltrate universities, tenure you know.

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    • TerryK
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:23pm

      I agree! I read the Bible daily on the yearly plan. I am pro-life, BUT I am more supportive of capital punishment than ever. I am not against helping the poor, I just think the support should be provided by the church and not by the Govt. Interesting article today on just who the poor in America are (per govt definition) Take a look: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/272081/modern-poverty-includes-ac-and-xbox-ken-mcintyre

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    • the wireworker
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:09pm

      TERRYK WROTE:
      I agree! I read the Bible daily on the yearly plan. I am pro-life, BUT I am more supportive of capital punishment than ever. I am not against helping the poor, I just think the support should be provided by the church and not by the Govt. Interesting article today on just who the poor in America are (per govt definition) Take a look: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/272081/modern-poverty-includes-ac-and-xbox-ken-mcintyre

      The poor in America are some of the richest in the world and thanks to the wealth distribution plan of hierbama their money is going overseas to the third world countries as well.

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    • wordweaver
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:03pm

      I’m afraid those conducting this study are equating charitable giving with social justice. I believe there is a key difference. One would hope that those who take the time to spend time in the Word regularly would be affected by its teachings. That is the point of reading it. We are taught to be charitable with our time, talents, and money – but that is an individual decision one makes to help and serve others. I view ‘social justice’ as putting government in charge of making sure that everyone gets the same sized slice of the pie. That’s very different. I see a call for charity in my Bible, but not for social justice.

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    • Poogie
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:01pm

      Amen! I read my Bible almost every day for the last 20 years now and I get Liberty! not social justice. Individual responsibility, not collective salvation. That there is none “good” BUT God and that hell is really really hot and eternity is a very very long time…..;)

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  • 2GodBeTheGlory
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:44pm

    Ready the Bible does not make one closer to God! This “ground breaking research” is not that at all. Someone how “thinks” that just because one reads the Bible does not mean that the person has Jesus as Lord of their life. Only a direct reflection of Christ’s words and actions can show that. I’ve heard many people say that Jesus was a pacifist – not so. He did the will of the Father. Only by giving God complete control of your life will the Father reveal the scriptures to you (and only what you need to know at that point in time in your life).

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    • jeronadams
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:46pm

      Watch this Video it proves how Ayn Rand and the GOP are the party of Morality.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:36pm

      James 4: 8 Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you………………
      God’s qualities and ways are revealed in the bible and by reading it you will have a relationship based on knowing the person and value his distinctive traits………..Power, Justice, Wisdom and Love

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  • caitlynsdad
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:39pm

    I open my Bible and read:

    In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive … For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this … in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat” (2 Thess. 3:6-12)

    I also read in 1 Samuel chapter 8 about the Israelites demanding that they have a king, and Samuel warning them that a government that can give them everything they want can also take from them everything they have. “When that day comes,” Samuel says, “you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

    That is what the Bible has to say about “social justice.”

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  • symbolsofa
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:39pm

    BIBLE SAYS KILL THE BOYS, KILL THE NON VIRGIN WOMEN, JEWS FOLLOW THE OLD TESTAMENT WHICH TEACHES TO KILL THE BOYS, KILL THE INNOCENTS AND DRINK THE BLOOD OF BABIES.

    28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

    One simple Question: Did the disbelievers in the land of Palestine during the times of Moses start any war with the Hebrews who ORIGINALLY came from Egypt?? Absolutely Not!

    Later on, the Hebrews or the “Israelites” or the “Jews” (call them as you wish) have committed Pedophilia, Murders and Terrorism against those disbelievers:

    “Now kill all the boys [innocent kids]. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man. (Numbers 31:17-18)”

    Now what crime did the innocent children and non-virgin women commit in order for them to get killed?
    It’s odd how one of the 10 Commandments says “Thou shalt not kill (or murder). (Exodus 20:13)”, and yet, the bible ordered the killing of innocent children and non-virgin girls by the mass!

    Also, according to the Talmud’s historical elaborations on Numbers 31:17-18 above, Moses gave direct orders for his men to have SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with every VIRGIN GIRLS who was AT LEAST 3 YEARS OLD:
    “….The Tannaïtic Midrash Sifre to Numbers in §157 comments on the above quoted commandment of MOSES to kill the Midianite women as well as the male children….

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:56pm

      Great Cut & Paste!
      Fascinating.
      Very Tea

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:59pm

      How very easy to make the Bible say what you want it to say IF you just take it out of context and twist it a little bit!!!!
      You forgot: Numbers 31:16 “Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
      I have read my Bible A LOT, and NEVER have I seen Israelites told to drink the blood of babies!!! In fact, we are told that life is in the blood and we are not to even eat meat with the blood still in it!!! I haven’t read the Talmud, since it is Jewish Oral Law…….it is the oral law that Jesus and Paul were so against…..not the written Torah. Think you have twisted the written law and the oral law together!!

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    • me85
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:00pm

      @SYMBOLSOFA, You are truly wise in your folly, do not add words in the bible. God never commanded anyone to consume blood, or 9/11 was a lie, show me in the bible were it states that. Do not let yourself become an arrogant fool who understands nothing.

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:22pm

      For starters the Talmud is not the Bible, it is not inspired but it is oral commands passed on down through the years. For example the Talmud states, Rabbah [a Babylonian scholar] said [that one should not read by the lamplight] even if it be placed [far out of reach, say] the height from the ground of two men, or two stories, or even on top of ten houses, one above the other….. [That is] “one may not read.” But it does not say two may not read together, [for then one can guard the other against snuffing the wick]. Against this supposition, however, there is a tradition that “neither one nor two together” [may read]. http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=8&article=1216
      As far as “drinking the blood of babies” You and I both know that is not in the Bible. When it comes to God punishing these people, He is the one who knows who is evil and has the right to judge so accordingly. Who are we to say “God is not right for doing this” ? God judged these people and took the necessary actions. On the day of Judgment people will be sent to serve eternity in torment, it’s not because God did it, but because they sent themselves there through their own actions. Btw, innocent children who have not yet reached the age of accountability, who don’t know what sin is, will find rest. God is not unjust that he would send babies to torment for all eternity though they have no clue what’s going on. Just because you disagree with God‘s judgment doesn’t make it

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    • watchmany2k
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Don‘t waste your time trying to reason with symbolsofmolech he’s the epitome of an islamic scholar.
      It’s like trying to convince a cobra not to bite because you are a loving person.
      Perfect example of the dross of the melting pot.

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    • REPUB1
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:58pm

      “in the land of Palestine ” there was no such place or people. 70a.d. romans destroyed the city of david, all jews fled the area, only the remnants of the city where left nomads, turks, and non-jews. so the romans called those left palestine… before ya YAP get the facts bullwinkle moose. Mr. knowitall…

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:13pm

      (cont’d) doesn’t make it any less righteous.

      I don’t know why those last few words were cut off, I didn’t run over on word count. Strange.

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    • symbolsofa
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:06pm

      THE TERROR IN BIBLE AND IN TORAH:Many Times Christians post passages from the Quran on war and say that Islam is not valid because of them because of the violence. Christians say Muhammad cannot be a prophet because he fought in wars and killed people, they say Jesus never killed anyone nor harmed any one, and that their God is loving and not a killer. Are these comments true? The simple answer is no, in this article I will quote several verses from the Bible showing the brutal terror found in it, I will be quoting from the OT. Christians should have no problem with it, since its the same God, so hence if the God of the OT said kill then it means Jesus said kill because he has no God. So Christians have no way out of this mess.
      Deuteronomy
      Chapter 2

      32-37

      And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us

      So Moses and his army killed women and children

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:19pm

      And, apparently in this story God commanded Moses to count the plunder taken from the Midianites and left exacting details on how it should be redistributed. Sounds like social justice and redistribution of wealth. Numbers 31: 25 – 41
      Is God a progressive Democrat?

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    • countrygirl
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 8:51pm

      The Canaanite people of that time were depraved to the utmost. Bestiality, homosexuality, and prostitution and promiscuity were not only socially acceptable but glorified. They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, placing the baby on the red-hot arms of the detestable god Molech (demon worship). Imagine a place where there is literally no good to be found anywhere, only evil all the time. Hell on earth. God brought justice on these people so the land could have rest from their wickedness, and utter destruction was necessary to prevent poisoning of Israelites, who were called to the highest ethical and moral standards. The bottom line is we all deserve the wrath of a holy and righteous God. He desires our redemption so deeply that he visited the wrath we deserve on His only Son.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:10pm

      @countrygirl you are correct but you’re not going to get through to these people because they have much in common with the people of that time. So like it says in Matthew 7: 6 ” Do not give what is holy to dogs, neither throw your pearls before swine, that they may never trample them under their feet and turn around and rip YOU open.

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    • Steve
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:58pm

      Very pathetic human being. Try your hate filled lies in one of those progressive liberal sound chamber chat rooms you’ll be appreciated there. Here we just simply point at you and laugh….

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:49am

      @countrygirl – While you’ve given good reasons why these things were done, that still does not change the fact that it was done. The 8th commandment I learned as a youngster was “thou shalt not steal.” It wasn’t thou shalt not steal unless the other people are really, really bad or thou shalt not steal unless I tell you to steal. Simply “thou shalt not steal.” Pretty simple.
      It seems our bible is full of paradox’s and according to many “christians” in this forum it is a waste of time to help people such as myself understand. Perhaps those persons who call themselves “christians” should try reading 2 Timothy 2:24 “And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto ALL men, apt to teach, PATIENT”. Folks like Greenwood and Steve would rather not waste their time on us, however. I’m sure with a little reading they could find a scripture to support that belief as well.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:55pm

      Greenwood and Countrygirl,

      Well said, both of you.
      If only people would read the background texts to understand why a certain action was necessary. For example, the flood of Noah’s day was a huge extermination of a godless society that had ruined the earth of their time. The coming day of Armageddon will be another day of judgment against wicked entities young and old.

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  • Twinspeedr
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:38pm

    Only if you’re ignorant of the true reality behind Social Justice….

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:58pm

      This term is a cliche that some new poser takes possession of every 10-12 years. Word!

      TEA

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:35pm

      Or only if you are truly ignorant of what the Bible really says. We individually (or as a church) are told to care for the widows and orphans and needy……not the government, that never works. So, I have to think that this study is just a reinforcement for proponents the current view of “social justice” or perhaps they need to define what social justice is to them.

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    • platitude
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:50pm

      yea, kinda like the cliche “job creators”

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  • FoxholeAtheist
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:37pm

    I think it increases your interest in stoning witches, anyone who works on the sabbath, your mouthy children, etc…and maybe stabbing a few pregnant women in the stomach.

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  • Judeo_Christian
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:35pm

    Progressives are notorious word smiths. The take the meaning of a word such as marriage, choice, liberal, and Social Justice and obfuscate the original meaning to something entirely different.

    Social Justice did not have a wealth distributive connotation to it in the 50′s. It was understood that it was about charitable giving. Now it is about government extortion and theft of wealth, then distributed to those who are in the favor of the regime.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:52pm

      Yes I agree! I feel warry of all the so-called “churches” now esposing this thing called “social justice” I also believe that this piece was written to further try to devide a person from their beliefs! So the “War on Chritianity” continues, I know my rifle can kill all the lions they try to feed me to.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:06pm

      Real Christians agree it is the best policy not to listen to organized “Churches.” They are only fronts for DemonRats, theologians and the so-called ministry.

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  • symbolsofa
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:33pm

    9/11 THE BIGGEST LIE IN HISTORY ; BIBLE SAYS

    White-Americans (not Arab-Muslims) proving that the Pentagon bombing was done by a Global Hawk drone! No bodies and no airplane-debris were found! Also, no noise was either recorded or detected by any ordinary person!

    “All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. (From the NIV Bible, 2 Chronicles 15:13)”

    Jihad (Fighting for the Cause of GOD Almighty) started with the Bible! Bible says the 9/11 was done by israeli mossad and the team of bush with teh help of killer intelligence agencies of america.Christians often refer to Islam as a terrorist religion, and they abuse the Arabic word “Jihad” and portray it as a reference to terrorism. We must not forget that JIHAD began in the Bible, where GOD Almighty Commanded His followers to fight for His Holy Cause. Let us look at what the Bible says about Jihad:

    GOD Almighty Chose the land of Palestine to be the Jews’ “Promise Land”, and thus, ordered them to go into it and fight the pagans there so they can have possession over it:

    Numbers 13:26-28
    26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
    27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
    28 But the

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    • Attention2Detail
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:38pm

      This is some of the most insane babbling I have ever seen.

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    • joodgy-woodgy puddin -n- pie
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:46pm

      I second that! I read about two paragraphs before my mind couldn’t take it anymore.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:59pm

      Maybe if we cut & paste it a few more times people will begin to read it harder.

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    • watchmany2k
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:28pm

      Welcome to symbols translation, of the spew heard in victory mosques every friday across America .

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    • cessna152
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Dude, you are WHACKED! I think you best get out of the basement and throw away your “World of Warcraft” game.

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    • TEXNYC
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:35pm

      As usual, the atheist love to point out the number of people killed in the name of religion. Funny how they always fail to mention the 100,000,000 killed just by three of their fellow non-believing atheists (Stalin, Mao, and Hitler). And don’t give me that Hitler was a Christian stuff. He despised Christianity.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:42pm

      I tell you, people who do not have their minds renewed daily……..those minds are like a bed of maggots!!

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    • FoxholeAtheist
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:32pm

      @Texnyc
      Yes, Hitler was religious and yes, he was a Xtian. Please find a history book and read it. Or better yet, Mein Kampf (or maybe you should just start by actually reading you Bible from cover to cover at least one time in your life). Organizations like the KKK and the Neo-Nazis have traditionally been Xtian and have followed the ideals of Hitler without a hiccup.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:08pm

      go buy a soap box, put it on your coner, preach there!

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  • SREGN
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:31pm

    No, my knowledge of personal sin and divine grace.

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  • darunc80
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Social justice doesn’t have to mean “governmental social justice” which is actually an oxymoron. The private sector is much more likely to achieve social justice than any government agency. Christianity preaches the Golden Rule, “Love your brother as yourself.” That’s the closest humanity will ever come to social justice on this earth. As has been stated many times in some for or another, love is more than handing a fish to someone. True love is handing someone one fish and then teaching them to fish for themselves. Governments simply interfere with that whole process.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:31pm

      Yes it does increase my interest… increases my awareness as well. Aware at the LIE that social justice is and interested how I can stop people from believing the LIE!

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    • Attention2Detail
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:35pm

      That is not the golden rule. The golden rule is “Do unto others as would have done unto you.” Similar but not the same.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:27pm

    You do not get to heaven by good deeds. You get to heaven by believing an and love for Our Savior, Jesus Christ. Second, any “social justice” goes against “Thou Shalt Not Steal”. Third, the “Social Justice” crowd are usually Democrats, which are heading to hell anyhow for their baby killer ways.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Ted, I think “Social Justice” has become a surrogate religion for some Democrats who lack any true faith.

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    • SoiledDove
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:44pm

      You are obviously not Catholic, as Catholics believe that faith must be paired with good works if you are to gain salvation.

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    • darunc80
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:46pm

      I agree with you Gonzo.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:48pm

      “Social Justice” is nothing more than Biblical principals, but with government as their “god” instead of the One True GOD in charge. Funny how these people will complain and gripe about God’s Ten commandments that teach love, true freedom and values. But these “lefties” don’t complain about thousands and thousands of man made laws that cost money and steal freedom.

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:49pm

      Soil..true..and at certain times they thought they could buy their way to heaven.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:03pm

      Right-thinking righteous persons must not be affected by the scriptures – Bibles are only printed to be used by DemonRat evildoers.

      Stay the course like a greyhound race track rabbit.

      Stick together like s’mores.

      TEA

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:31pm

      “as Catholics believe that faith must be paired with good works if you are to gain salvation.”

      Not true, Soileddove. Catholoc doctrine holds that we are saved by faith but that our faith must be proved by good works. It may seem like a sublte distinction, but it’s important. We can only do good works through grace, grace that is given to those justified by faith.

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    • SoiledDove
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:51pm

      @Isles

      Right, so another way of saying that would be “Catholics believe that faith must be paired with good works if you are to gain salvation.”

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:51pm

      And just what were the “good works” of the thief on the cross?

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  • the wireworker
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:26pm

    Inner restraint = less external restraint.
    brother to brother not brother to government to brother
    the prayers of a righteous man availeth much
    EQUAL JUSTICE!!!

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  • chatmandu002
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:25pm

    The liberal/progressive/socialist movement dislikes anyone who worships a god. Instead the liberal/progressive/socialist movement has other gods to bow down too, Big Government and Income Redistribution.

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    • Vixvenom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:37pm

      ….I would add….in order to hate the rich, you have to envy them, thus, socialism is grounded in deadly sin…..hard to get more wrong than that. The meek will inherit the earth not the jealous. So unbelievably uninformed, it’s not even funny.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:10pm

      The best policy for True Christians is to shun Government, resist public education, shun Churches, read the Bible selectively, and avoid lame stream information. Embrace the internet, for it will provide the philosophical reinforcements you need. Subscribe to Beck TV.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:07pm

      The difference in what the bible teaches and social justice is that one is charity and the other is coveteousness

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:25pm

      Mocine obviously has a superficial understanding of scripture. That’s too bad.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:25pm

    wow

    blatant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    this article is a prime example of the left using language to push an agenda

    this is an attampt to link charity to the term social justice, whereas the two terms have absolutely nothing in common

    charity exists out of a personal choice

    social justice is a made up term being used to mandate the government to rob peter to pay paul

    plain and simple

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    • NJTMATO
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:52pm

      Completely and absolutely agree with you!!! Is the parable about seeds being planted (3 different seeds in 3 different ways…one on rock, one in a hard path and one in good soil) social justice? If you don’t plant correctly, you will not bare fruit.

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    • kcinco
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:21pm

      I too dislike the term “social justice.” I heard it in my church recently, and it disturbed me because of the negative connotation it has taken on since the BO regime came into power. I am going to ask my pastor about his use of that phrase. I would rather refer to it as being of service to others, compassionate and sincerely caring for the less fortunate, the widows and children. That is how Jesus lived His life. That is what I strive to emulate in my life. We, as individuals and with our communities and churches, are to reach out to others out of a sense of compassion for others, and redistribute our time and if possible our “wealth.“ Nowhere in the Bible does it say that we are to give our ”wealth” to our government to let them redistribute as they see fit.

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  • Westrail
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:24pm

    I know for sure! The Bible is about social justice. Right from wrong; laws and guidelines in this country are founded on the principles of the 10 Commandments. It is Americas foundation of truth. Now you may not wish or want to believe it, but the founding fathers used Bible and it’s contents or principles as their model. After all, originally it came from the inventor of Social Justice!

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:00pm

      They got you didn’t they?

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    • Attention2Detail
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:52pm

      I see now. If you are totally incoherent, then the Bible teaches social justice. Not one of these statements connects to any other, but put them together and they make no sense at all, just like the term social justice itself. Webster defines justice as: the administration of what is just (as by assigning merited rewards or punishments). Since “social justice” does not deal with merit, it is not justice at all. Since social justice is a lie, then the Bible cannot teach it.

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    • bruce_baker
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:48pm

      No. The Bible is not about “Social Justice”, even in it’s original, non-governmental form. It is CERTAINLY not about the Marxist hijacking of the term to mean Income Redistribution as performed by the government collecting taxes by force. Theft is still theft when you get a member of Congress to do it for you. Private charity transforms both the giver and receiver in a positive way. Forced “giving” creates resentment in the “giver” and a sense of entitlement in the receiver.

      The Bible is about teaching us that we‘re all God’s children, that He has a plan for us and we’ll be happier if we follow that plan. The Progressive promotion of their brand of “Social Justice” and their attempt to use Scripture to justify it is beneath contempt.

      “By the fruits of their labors shall ye know them.” Let’s look at the results of some “Social Justice”. The War on Poverty has spent about a Trillion dollars on Income Redistribution in the past 40 years. The results: in 1963, over 60% of Black children were born to a two parent family and abortion was rare. Today in NYC, 70% of Black pregnancies end in abortion. Of the remaining births, 70% will be born to a single mother. Less than 10% of Black pregnancies will end up born to a two parent householld. With friends that help you achieve results like that, who needs enemies?

      Most Progressives are “too intelligent” to believe in God and onlly use His words when they think it will help to advance their Marxist cause.

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  • Vixvenom
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:23pm

    Good will be called evil, and evil will be called good……..just clueless.

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  • TX_45_ACP
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:23pm

    No it does not. Jesus said that the “poor you will always have with you”. He did not say that we should be forced to fork over our money to the poor who were created by the government. Here is a fun discussion on it. :) http://tinyurl.com/3zlvzxu

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    • jeronadams
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:45pm

      If a man asks for your shirt give him your cloak as well.. It is easier for a camel to get through an eye of a needle, then for a rich man to get into heaven. Blessed are the Meek for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the PEACE makers for they shall be called the Children of God. Do not resist an evil doer. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

      Would you say this is the platform of the moral majority or more of a platform for the Left?

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:55pm

      jeronadams
      1Sa 2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
      This is called Yahovah’s blessing for obedience, and cursing for disobedience. Put the government in his place and make us all equal………seems like a good plan for him to bring it all down to me!!!!

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    • AmericanSince1619
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:13pm

      First comes faith, a gift from God to allow you to
      Secondly, receive the message of Jesus to love God and love your fellow man, all of them.
      Third, good works which you do because you have a good heart and love your fellow man.

      Stealing from one group to give to another is guess what? Stealing. And it is not loving to steal from those who have more. The ones that are stolen from are not doing good works because they had no choice in the matter. You can not do good works without free will to do them.

      Trying to make socialism sound Christian only works on small minds.

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    • AmericanSince1619
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:36pm

      The government does need income to operate, to provide for the common defense and for a safety net for the worst off and those that are unable to provide for themselves. Do it with a flat tax.

      When you move beyond that and get to the point where you are trying to make all people financially equal regardless of their gifts or effort then you are way off base.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Jaron- You didn’t quote where He said I am forcing you to give up your money and stuff, because He didn’t. We have free agency to do as much good as we can-ON OUR OWN, but it has to be from our hearts, not forced. He didn’t say the government should redistribute it either. He said render unto Cesaer that which is Casaer’s, render unto God that which is God’s. Charity is the pure love of Christ, so we do what is right. The line was drawn by Christ to do what is right. It is not for the government to do.

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:12pm

      @AmericanSince1619 Since you believe stealing is wrong and unchristian, let’s asked the people who were here before 1619 how your ancestors acquired this land.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:20pm

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    Does Reading the Bible Daily Really Increase Your Interest in ‘Social Justice’?

    “No!”……… So go peddle your false word of God on someone else………….

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Uh, not even close! If anything, the BIBLE sets us straight on “social justice”. It ISN’T. “Social justice” is a man made item, not a GOD ordained thing.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Actually the bible speaks of individual salavtion that though you find yourself in a den of sin you can be saved. Social justice is a collective salvation where by your redemption is coupled to those around you.
      The bible teaches that a man reaps what he sows. That striving to be a better person in all manners of life is one’s true goal. To do unto other as you would have them do unto you.
      Social justice is a means by where you don’t require people improve themselves but rather enable them to wallow in their sins. It is a tool of Satan himself diguised as a truely caring ideology. You don’t give needles to junkies,you don’t give housing and support to the slothful,to don’t reward bad behavior….End of story

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:04pm

      @KickaGrandma — Amen!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Being concerned about poverty, civil liberties and conservation does not mean you support the government shelling out “social justice”. When a woman was about to be stoned for adultery, did Jesus call for the Roman authorities to intercede? Of course not, He did it Himself. When the people that came to hear Him speak and were hungry, did He call for the Romans to feed them? No, He fed them.

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  • G.E.R
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:18pm

    The fact that Baylor is a christian university the study is automatically biased and should not be taken credible.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:24pm

      Maybe they will do a poll you can have faith in, like a DNC poll.

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    • G.E.R
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Faith has nothing to do with it. It’s whether the study is true or false.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:27pm

      ..and of course Baylor is incapable of doing an accurate study, I see now.

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    • G.E.R
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:47pm

      Baylor is a christian university and because it is the possibility of an inherent bias in the study exists. Therefore the crediblity of the study must be questioned.

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    • Docrow
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:47pm

      Baylor might be a Christian school but only in name. I‘m thinking that the lib’s have mostly taken it over.

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    • G.E.R
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:11pm

      I doubt that very much considering it’s the largest christian university in the world. That fact alone adds to my point on the study possibly being bias and that it should be questioned.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:16pm

    The more you read your Bible the more you realize that the government in power in the US is corrupt, atheistic, and heavy handed. It is also evident that it is anti-Christian and anti-God.

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  • sWampy
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:13pm

    Social just and bible are polar opposites.

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    • conservative_teacher
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:17pm

      No, they are exactly the same–both complete and utter nonsense.

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    • NWalters78
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:18pm

      Not according to Reverend Wallis, Reverend Wright, or Father Fleger…..good ‘liberal Christians.’ Quislings is more like it.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:20pm

      conservative_teacher
      You’re half right anyway.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:23pm

      The bible book of rules to live by that if followed, allow you to live in a civilized society without need for a military to force you to stay inline.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:28pm

      I don’t consider it Social Justice, I consider it Social Consequence. You get what you work for.
      Reading the Bible doesn’t make me any more concerned for conservation than I was before. what a BS story.

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    • lemmings4obama
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:31pm

      @conservativeteacher

      Nothing in the Bible is complete and utter nonsense. If you are going to make such claims, validity is based on examples. You provide examples to your students correct? Please provide some “examples” so that we can “school” you on the Truth.

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    • HappyStretchedThin
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:47pm

      Not if you take the words for what they actually mean, swampy. When “social justice” becomes code for “use govt force to take from haves and give to have nots” then you’re quite right. but when INDIVIDUALS choose to become more like Christ, the RESULT is that naturally there’s more charity, more equality, and more diversity. Conservatism produces freedom and justice and love, which is what the Bible’s all about, right?

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