I guess this difference comes down to who we fell represents our society. I do not think our elected officials and appointed governement employees represent our society.
Russel > > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 03:54:07 EDT > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > Actually, my reading on Catholic Christian doctorine says it is our > responsibility. I forget the exact reference, but I think it is the Gospel > of >St. John. "What you do for the least of your brothers, you do for me." > > I don't mean it that way - I mean that its our society's responsbility to > take care of our society whether or not religious groups do as well. We > can't just wash our hands of the poor and expect someone else to fix the > problem. > > > I use the old adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a > man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." to guide myself and my > activities. I personally feel that the way I am called to fight poverty is > in line with that adage. > > > This does not preclude our society as a whole giving the fishing pole as > opposed to religious groups. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
