… [As a politically-liberal Christian who believes in using our democracy to fight greed, I receive considerable push-back from conservatives who seem to think that it’s not any of my business whether or not the rich are greedy, that I shouldn’t be using my political forum to judge others. What these critics fail to realize… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Republican Refutations
The Dark History of American Capitalism and How the Bible Applies
… [The following article is an excerpt from the book, Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason] No system is better than corporate capitalism at creating incredibly wealthy individuals. This should come as no surprise. A system that maximizes financial rewards for success while minimizing financial losses from failure can’t help but broaden the gap between the… Read more »
Does Welfare Really Keep Blacks Down, as Conservatives Say?
… Why, for a while in late 2015, did Dr. Ben Carson consistently poll ahead of every Republican but Trump? In part, it’s because he’s a black man who grew up poor and supposedly has the inside scoop on how government assistance keep blacks down. He recently said, “It’s not compassion to pat them on… Read more »
Why I (as a Christian) abandoned my anti-abortion stance after 30 years, but then changed my stance back
… As a teenager in the late 1980s, I was staunchly pro-life. It was a simple concept, really. What could be worse than killing babies? Some argued that it wasn’t really a baby, because it was still inside the womb, in which case it is called a fetus, but that just seemed like a… Read more »
The “Give a Man Fish…” saying is outdated. Here’s a realistic version addressing the realities of corporate capitalism.
Those who oppose government assistance, because it supposedly creates dependency, love to say, “Give a man a fish; he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish; he’ll eat for a lifetime.” That doesn’t reflect American reality, so I extended the saying to make it more accurate. Give a man a fish, and he’ll… Read more »
How corporations are a system of stealing
… [The following excerpt is taken from the book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason.”s”] The Failings of Corporate Capitalism In the two decades or so since the demise of the Soviet Union, many people have proclaimed that socialism and communism have been defeated and that capitalism has won. Well, this is true, and yet it… Read more »
The Immoralities of Corporate Capitalism – Part 1
[The following excerpt is taken from the book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason.” It is the 1st of a 6-part series taken from the chapter entitled, “Pure Capitalism – How it Failed without Merciful Modifications”] Opposite Evil: Socialism Economics is complex. Throughout the history of civilization, nations would sometimes enjoy great prosperity. At other… Read more »
Trump’s bankruptcies prove why the wealthy should pay higher taxes
During Thursday’s Fox News Republican Presidential Candidate Debate, Chris Wallace asked Donald Trump about his most recent bankruptcy in which the banks to which Trump’s company was indebted lost over one billion dollars. Trump responded that the banks were evil in an attempt to convince us that the bankruptcy was no big deal. He may… Read more »
7 Bible Quotes of Social Justice as a Purpose of God’s Law
… [This article is an excerpt from the book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason”] Republicans and Evangelicals have found common ground in their opposition to social justice. Naturally, justice for the poor flies in the face of what the Republicans have been doing since the 1870s – representing the wealthy oppressors of the poor. The… Read more »
14 Bible verses proving that God’s laws are for the well-being of others
What does the purpose of God’s laws have to do with politics? Well, politicians, especially of the Republican variety, often have principles that they say are more important than the well-being of people. For example, if we promote a healthcare solution, they argue that, even if it works, it’s evil, because it doesn’t preserve the… Read more »
