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Looney libtards who invoke Jesus make me laugh at their attempt to use his works against us as evidence that we are somehow not being Christ-like in opposing Obama's DeathCare. Their stunning lack of knowledge about everything else that Jesus said, which was considered revolutionary and rebellious in his time, is comical. My 8 and 13 year-old children could shame them into retracting their ignorant arguments.

Here is just one small but powerful example that shows the absurdity of the claims that Christian leaders' silence about DeathCare are unchristian and contrary to Christ's teachings.

Matthew 6:1-4. "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from you Father in Heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Oh, how I LOVE the instruction to give your alms in secret -- it is so incredibly wise on so many levels. True story: a man with a large family who was doing moderately well saw that a neighboring family was weathering some very tough times. It was in the early 1960s, when $100 was a pretty big chunk of change. The man withdrew $100 from his bank account, put it in an envelope, and anonymously delivered it to the neighbor's home. The neighbor received the $100, which helped his family tremendously, yet never learned who gave him the money.

THEREFORE:
1. The neighbor never felt indebted to an individual for the indignity of needing and taking charity, and was relived of the burden of worrying about how he was going to repay the giver some way, some how

2. The neighbor was inclined to feel kindly toward ALL his neighbors and friends, because he couldn't know which of them had given him the money

Because I know of this true story, I refrain from criticizing wealthy people or anyone else, liberal or conservative, for not giving to charities -- we not only cannot know whether or not the ultra-rich do alms, it's not our business to know.