[Jorge]

Paul, Thessolonians 2: 10 In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.

I hope you aren't using this verse to say we as a nation should allow those without jobs starve.

Paul was addressing a specific situation within the church with this passage.

[TASMANIANRED]

No one should be allowed to starve. The truely incapacitated and children need to be looked after.

The able bodied should work and not be taught that work is dishonorable.

Under the welfare state they are taught that it is dishonorable to work.

[Nea Wood]

Paul, Thessolonians 2: 10 In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.

I hope you aren't using this verse to say we as a nation should allow those without jobs starve.

Paul was addressing a specific situation within the church with this passage.

Are you for real? Read the Bible verse again. The word is unwilling. That's somebody who refuses to work, not somebody who is genuinely trying to find a job.

There are Christian charities that help people find jobs. They get them job training, give them nice outfits (donated by Christians) to wear on job interviews, bus tokens to get to the interviews, etc. I believe God would approve of such charity, but not merely handing taxpayer money to people who are "unwilling"to work.