Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Health & Euthanasia. Well, it is. So why does the potentate, our high priest of humanism, feel it necessary to redistribute the wealth... I mean the health? He lives (as do most Christians) in a world that excludes God from the equation. Most Christians will give some statistics, or testimonies for reasons why we should not nationalize health care.
So, with Bible in hand, we must share the gospel (good news) with the world. This means that God has good news concerning, yes, Health Care. God's ways are not man's ways. The gospel is the good news calling all to repent and affirm what God says... in every realm of living. A Christian is not one who "prays a prayer," but one who is a "disciple" (learning all that Christ commands - Matthew 28.18-20). These commands include principles that affect the way that we look at health care.
As so many Christians, and pagans do, the "Christian Creed" on health care is one that falls WAY short of God's perspective. To see that which any atheist/polytheist could affirm click here. It is typical within Christianity today, for Christians to "emote" rather than present truth and build their view points based on Scripture (Matthew 7.23-27). This is why our contemporary evangelism is so shallow... "just add Jesus to your life, and everything will be alright."
Any talk of National Health Care should at least start with, "Did God establish the Government to steal from the rich to provide health care for all?" The straw men and red herring fallacies quickly emerge. "God wants you to love people! MY God cares about the poor!" Etc. Etc. ad infinitum...
YOUR god cares about the sick, does He? What about the next guy's god? What about Hitler's god? What about Dr. Kavorkian's god. Fashioning a god in your own image doesn't make your bar of soap god. There is ONE GOD. WHAT HE SAYS IS FINAL. He is not bound by political correctness, or public opinion.
The reason taking care of the helpless is the right thing to do is because God (of the Bible) said so, not because Gandhi said so. Gandhi can say whatever he wants, but he is still a man. You can worship Gandhi's god, but it is still a "man made god" and therefore worthless.
The question is NOT, "SHOULD we take care of the poor and weak," but, "HOW should we take care of them." Everyone knows we should take care of the poor and weak. It is NOT ok to spout, "God cares about the poor," and in the same paragraph proceed to ignore HOW He says to go about taking care of the poor." But as usual, the fallacies will multiply, and the hypocrites will continue to point their judging fingers at Christians who want to follow the Bible and say, "You just don't care! You speak against our man-centered answers! You stupid, old fashioned Christians are soooo judgmental!" I can still see Charles Barkley's face all snarled up accusing Christians... "I judge you Christians to be judgmental!"
Well... anyway... Any talk of health care reform ought to START (at least for us Christians) with the Bible. Taking from the rich and trying to ensure health coverage for all is not only unbiblical, but impossible. It will only invite God's judgment. Why? Because man cannot proceed through life as if God did not exist. We cannot invent our own ways of dealing with health care, as if God's principles did not apply. Ultimately, only God can provide literal, physical health coverage. We must repent, and acknowledge this fact. If the world doesn't like it, should that surprise you? Place trust in Christ. Dig into the Word to find the answers. Be willing to follow, even if it doesn't make sense (Proverb 3.5-6).
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