Jesus' commands to
charity are very real and serious, but are addressed to believers,
and through His Apostles' letters, to church congregations as
communities of believers. His commands bind believers and churches -
as individuals and as communities. However generally beneficial being
generous may be for humans generally (also as individuals),
Jesus' commands are no justification for taking and giving away other
people's money or freedoms. Inducing government to take
non-believers' money and freedoms under the guise of obeying Jesus'
commands to charity is theft and a cloaked shirking of personal
responsibility.
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