Jim Henderson wrote:
> As an interesting side note, it just occurred to me (because you said 
> they don't take state funding) that it's ironic that very large segments 
> of the membership think that Obama is a socialist (I've heard some at 
> work state that they believe that), but they pay their 10% income tithe 
> regularly in order to support the Church's outreach programs, to help the 
> poor, and to help lower the cost of tuition a their school.  It seems 
> that that is just a bit more socialist than they claim Obama is.
> 
> I hadn't thought about that before this conversation. :-)
> 
> Jim

Religious people are never against religious socialism, just secular 
government socialism. Why? Because the later they equate with Soviet 
Russia, China, North Korea, and other places where "socialist" doesn't 
mean, "We all share and share alike", but rather, "You share what I tell 
you to, or I shoot you!" Mind... one could argue that this isn't much 
different than what churches have done throughout history, or the 
political maneuvering they do now, just without the ability to simply 
shoot people that disagree. Basically, if the state wanted to give every 
child a laptop, that would be bad, because the state is "forcing" them 
to receive laptops, and using our money to do it. If the church wanted 
to do the same thing, it would be a "good thing (tm)", instead. What 
disgusts me is cases where its not a laptop, but, "A few crackers and 
some free milk, so that the local poor kids get at least one half assed 
meal that isn't from McDonalds." That is also "bad", if the state does 
it, instead of a church group. (This literally happened a few years back.)

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