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OK and what about welfare, or medicaid? Clearly a reframed version of tithing for the poor from a lot of religious traditions. Do you think we should drop tho
by justrealist 3y ago
OK and what about welfare, or medicaid? Clearly a reframed version of tithing for the poor from a lot of religious traditions. Do you think we should drop those because they (a) overlap with religious teachings and (b) aren't libertarian?
- scarface74 3y agoCharity and taking care of the poor didn’t start with religion. Archeologists have found evidence that cultures took care of people with broken legs until they heeled thousands of years before modern religions were invented. As far as tithing, that money doesn’t help ”the poor”. It mostly goes toward running the church (#18 https://get.tithe.ly/blog/how-churches-really-spend-their-money-20-fascinating-data-points-a-new-study https://get.tithe.ly/blog/how-churches-really-spend-their-mo...) Did you also notice that none of your examples take rights away from anyone?
- nashashmi 3y agoActually it did start with religion. Though that matter goes into prehistory. And many modern religions source their history to way back when.