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Bishop V. Gene Robinson: Where is the Christian perspective on health care?
Manchester Union Leader ^ | oct. 2, 2009 | Bishop Vickie Gene Robinson

Posted on 10/05/2009 11:36:54 AM PDT by meandog

Health care is in the news — but you have to wonder where all the Christians are. This is one of the biggest issues facing our country and our people, yet no one seems to be bringing a Christian voice or tone to that debate. Have you noticed?

During the presidential campaign, there was much talk about the 50 million or so who have no health care insurance, many of whom who forgo care altogether and then wind up in emergency rooms with more serious, more fully developed illnesses than would have been the case had they sought preventive care. There seemed to be considerable outrage that the greatest nation in the world would allow one-sixth of its people to be without access to care. What happened to "no red states or blue states, but rather the United States?" Political partisanship threatens to short-circuit any progress on providing health care to all.

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Ugh! (major barf alert)
1 posted on 10/05/2009 11:36:55 AM PDT by meandog
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To: meandog
Umm Reverend,

Can you tell me where in the bible it says "take from those who produce,at the point of a sword, and give to those who do not produce so they, the non producers, will vote for you every 2 years".

My bible seems to be missing that verse.

2 posted on 10/05/2009 11:38:41 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The 0 years, Too bad a requirement for adult supervision was not put into the Constitution)
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To: meandog

He said: but you have to wonder where all the Christians are

They are sure not in his flock!

Mr. Wolf-Gene Robinson...


3 posted on 10/05/2009 11:39:39 AM PDT by TaraP (*Religion* is Man trying to reach GOD.Christ is GOD reaching out to Man.)
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To: meandog

This twinkle-toes is one reason I no longer have a church. Isn’t it enough for him to help destroy a Church, or does he feel the need to destroy the entire country, too?


4 posted on 10/05/2009 11:39:50 AM PDT by PalmettoMason (Half Honkey.....ALL Donkey! BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA! Mmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm!)
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To: meandog

The US Government is PROHIBITED in using the religious argument to push through nationalized healthcare.

If you do not subscribe to the Obamessiah First Church of God Damn Amerikkka version of Christianity, you should not be required to tithe to the US government’s religious programs under penalty of law.

There is no charity in forced taxation.

This is a lousy argument to try to make to push for expanding the role of government. Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar.


5 posted on 10/05/2009 11:40:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: meandog
There seemed to be considerable outrage that the greatest nation in the world would allow one-sixth of its people to be without access to care.

Did a law change or do emergancy rooms still have to treat people regardless of ability to pay or insurance?

Oh, wait. Gene Robinson. Liberal. Homosexual. Facts don't have to apply.

6 posted on 10/05/2009 11:40:12 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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During the presidential campaign, there was much talk about the 50 million or so who have no health care insurance

The Left can't decide if there are 30 million, 50 million or anything in-between when it pertains to the number of "uninsured".

I'll say 10,000. Hey, it's just as valid as their made-up numbers.

7 posted on 10/05/2009 11:40:37 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Hey Obama. Where is Osama Bin Laden?)
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To: VeniVidiVici

20,000,000 illegal aliens. A number of them have no insurance.


8 posted on 10/05/2009 11:42:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: meandog
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.

(Jesus’ own words) 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."

9 posted on 10/05/2009 11:44:27 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
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To: sionnsar

Lookee..lookee!!


10 posted on 10/05/2009 11:45:11 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the Earth!!!!! It's the ONLY planet with chocolate!)
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To: meandog

Perhaps some Christian perspectives conflict with some political leanings?


11 posted on 10/05/2009 11:45:19 AM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: MNJohnnie
Can you tell me where in the bible it says "take from those who produce,at the point of a sword, and give to those who do not produce so they, the non producers, will vote for you every 2 years". My bible seems to be missing that verse.

That would be found in the second chapter of Hypocritese.
12 posted on 10/05/2009 11:45:34 AM PDT by John.Galt2012 (I'll take Liberty and you can keep the "Change"!)
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To: MNJohnnie
Umm Reverend, Can you tell me where in the bible it says "take from those who produce,at the point of a sword, and give to those who do not produce so they, the non producers, will vote for you every 2 years ...

Exactly! Biblical Scripture mandates charity to be from the Christian individual's rather than the goverment's soul (and wasn't it Jesus himself you remarked that the "poor will always be with us?"

13 posted on 10/05/2009 11:45:39 AM PDT by meandog (GWB IS the reason for BHO!)
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To: meandog

It’s funny how many Americans expect Christian kindness to kick in when the rule of law doesn’t work. It would almost make one believe that we all grew up in what used to be a Christian nation.

We don’t appreciate what we have until we lose it.


14 posted on 10/05/2009 11:46:45 AM PDT by donna (I never really had roots in any one place or culture or ethnic group. - Obama Olympics speech)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

With many illnesses, emergency room care would not be necessary, if there had been preventive medical care over the previous years..


15 posted on 10/05/2009 11:47:02 AM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: meandog

Does that mean that God designed us with some getting a better deal in life, than others?


16 posted on 10/05/2009 11:48:27 AM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

And so you see how the use of God’s Law (guilt-based aguments) is the most unChristian approach there is.

The Law accuses yet does not save. The Gospel saves but only through Love.


17 posted on 10/05/2009 11:48:49 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: MNJohnnie

“The righteous have no need for a physician except the sick”

The books of Acts and Luke were written by Luke the physician,....interesting perspective there...both books fairly analytical and dispassionate in tone but compassionate and hopeful in prognosis...a doctor’s perspective!


18 posted on 10/05/2009 11:48:52 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: meandog

I wish the crazy church socialists would shut up, Jesus said give in secret.


19 posted on 10/05/2009 11:49:48 AM PDT by stockpirate ("I came NOT to bring peace but a sword." - Jesus Christ)
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To: meandog
During the presidential campaign, there was much talk about the 50 million or so who have no health care insurance, many of whom who forgo care altogether and then wind up in emergency rooms with more serious, more fully developed illnesses than would have been the case had they sought preventive care. There seemed to be considerable outrage that the greatest nation in the world would allow one-sixth of its people to be without access to care.

Bottom line, even if the rest of that paragraph were literally true, the last sentence is a patent lie. They have access, insured or not. Why does anyone lie? Because it fits their agenda. I stopped reading at that point, because I don't care what else a liar has to say.

20 posted on 10/05/2009 11:50:15 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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