It's not 'class warfare,' it's ChristianitySusan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Professor, Chicago Theological Seminary
19/9/2011
Washington Post
President Obama just drew the economic battlelines more clearly in his call to raise $1.5 trillion in new revenue primarily through increased taxes on the wealthy, letting the Bush tax cuts expire, and closing tax loopholes.
“Class warfare!” countered the Republicans.
Americans sharing more equally in the burden of pulling our country out of massive debt, and using tax revenue to stimulate the economy and create jobs isn't "class warfare," it's actually Christianity.
...According to some Christian conservatives, unregulated capitalism, with all its inherent inequalities of wealth, is God’s plan.
...The Christian approach to economics is to be the conscience of the nation and to insist that we regulate capitalism so it does not become reckless and destructive. Christians must call on the nation's politicians to have us share the burdens and the sacrifices, as President Obama is doing, in order get to the "freedom from want" that is in our democratic values and our faith values.
We do this because the Christian conscience is driven by duty to "love God with your whole heart and your neighbor as yourself."
That's in the Bible. Luke 10:27. Look it up.
Alex's comment: Some Republican conservative Christians have simply betrayed the core principle of the Bible and Christianity! 非常清楚，一些共和黨的保守派基督徒已背叛《聖經》與基督宗教的核心精神！
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