ARE CHRISTIANS REALLY CHRISTIAN???

Often when I debate my conservative friends they go on about self-reliance and how lazy the poor are. Most of them claim to be Christian of one stripe or another. But are they really Christian?? I wonder. Conservatives used to ask, "What would Jesus do?" They seem not to ask that question anymore. Probably because the answer is so inconvenient.

For example, would Jesus deny health care to the poor? "If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, in any of the towns of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand to your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks." Deut. 15:7. It would seem that John Boehner and Paul Ryan are at odds with Jesus. Many of the poor (and middle class) lack health care, but those guys would cut medicaid and medicare adding to the already close to 50 million uninsureds.

Christians complain about the shiftless poor, but Jesus took a different view. "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Luke 14:12-14.

And what might be the price of not helping the poor? Try this. "Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it." Modern Christians would like us to believe that Sodom fell because it was promiscuous. NOT TRUE!! It was greedy and stingy. It denied the poor what they needed. No wonder Christians don't ask, "What would Jesus do?" The fact is that they are afraid to acknowledge that Jesus would kick their asses out of the Kingdom. They must hope that if they ignore Jesus and continue to deprive the poor to line the pockets of the rich, that if they don't invoke Jesus' name, he won't be paying attention and will give them a pass through the pearly gates. I know what Jesus would say, "Fat Chance!! Mr. Boehner! Meet my friend Satan.!"

Think about it!