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"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away
by buscoquadnary 4y ago
"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!"
- Isaiah 10:1-2
Seems to me we got an awful lot of that going on these days.
- ineedasername 4y agoThe problem is that politicians who want to legislate based on their religious values are extremely picky about which tennets of their faith they want to codify into law. Luke 3:10-11 “‘What should we do then?’ the crowd asked. John answered, ‘Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.’” There's a distinct absence of many people willing to either legislate that into law or practice it themselves. Not that I'm advocating for codifying such things into law: this is merely an observation, and an expression of my frustration with those who want to impose their values on others, but only when it's convenient for them.
- buscoquadnary 4y agoI wouldn't argue the original point was about religious legislating. It's more about a fundamental principle of a just society is that it doesn't allow the rich and powerful to oppress others because they have money. Turning this into some sort of weird partisan issue seems that you are more interested in scoring points for your side than any real effort to discover truth.