tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post8076454692879190096..comments2023-06-22T05:36:56.840-07:00Comments on Cosmic Therapy: Death Panelschiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426775131776281207noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post-22335131537364174752009-12-17T18:43:55.033-08:002009-12-17T18:43:55.033-08:00Thanks Gary, Ty and Scott. Your insights are appr...Thanks Gary, Ty and Scott. Your insights are appreciated. I think one of the problems about the "moral high ground" claimed by the "right" has to do with our lack of community, which can not only mean we can ignore the poor, but we can simultaneously overconsume because "it's nobody else's business." That's religion privatized and individualized -- and unBiblicized. Funny thing -- that's the classical set of liberal positions from the time when liberalism was invented (i.e., during the modern era). So, claiming that because we are in community with our neighbors (see Eph. 4.25) is actually the conservative position. Do I get the moral high ground now? ;-)chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426775131776281207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post-26485579275857705402009-12-17T09:54:43.162-08:002009-12-17T09:54:43.162-08:00Thanks for speaking up about this important subjec...Thanks for speaking up about this important subject, and not only speaking, but being reasonable and logical about it. Instead of looking at things as Democratic vs. Republican, or Conservative vs. Liberal we should look at them as Christian vs. UnChristian. <br /><br />Something else I would like to see discussed or commented on is the fact that many Churches of Christ have not provided their ministers with health care, and I have known ministers who have had to seek assistance in paying medical bills because they did not have health care.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703908506785660829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post-82009188193167021632009-12-14T23:24:26.056-08:002009-12-14T23:24:26.056-08:00Has anyone else noticed that the people who genera...Has anyone else noticed that the people who generally claim the moral high ground, posit the preservation of glutinous consumption as superior to the care of the poor? Where is James' "true religion?" where is the command: "There shall be no poor among you?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154556994302825043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post-60275255957308652372009-12-12T10:02:50.149-08:002009-12-12T10:02:50.149-08:00Thank you so much for posting a link to the actual...Thank you so much for posting a link to the actual public pdf of the bill! I know I won't read it all the way through, but I can at least look smart in talking about it if I can give them the pdf of it.<br /><br />I think that often legislators will write certain clauses in ink that only shows up under black or ultraviolet light. Then, after everyone signs it, they put a black light to it and say "HAH! You agreed to this! Suckas!"<br /><br />But seriously: this "death panel" thing reminds me of a German Nazi cartoon I saw in a history textbook once. It showed the picture of a poor, frail old man feebly reaching for a handout. The other picture was of a vibrant, healthy family of three to five (I think there was only one child, don't remember). The caption said that a sick person costs just as much per week as an entire healthy family.<br /><br />I remembered that because it still makes me sick. It's like saying that such a person is being inconsiderate by continuing to draw breath.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350640852962668641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768103.post-40208845763047823392009-12-12T03:52:50.310-08:002009-12-12T03:52:50.310-08:00Chip, I thought you'd be going in a completely...Chip, I thought you'd be going in a completely different direction, mentioning Glen Beck (who my mind replaced with Rick Warren for some reason) and "death" in the same sentence.<br /><br />I am, of course, talking about the Ugandan legislation that would require the <a href="http://divinemeditations.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-legalized-murder-of-gays-in-uganda.html" rel="nofollow">Legalized Murder of Gays</a>.<br /><br />Dude, I've missed you posting. I was just thinking that earlier.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350640852962668641noreply@blogger.com