Comments on: 4,000 Pastors Respond: Private Charity Isn’t Enough http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/3000_pastors_respond_private_c/ Advancing faith as a powerful force for justice, compassion and the common good. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doris Moyer http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/3000_pastors_respond_private_c/#comment-1138 Doris Moyer Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:04:25 +0000 http://localhost/mywordpress/?p=1809#comment-1138 Many Seniors who have worked and paid into SS and Medicare all their working lives depend on that to help them when they retire, to take that away from them would mean they have nothing to live on and would then have to go to charities for help. Our leaders need to listen to the people and pray for guidence when making decisions for the American people... Many Seniors who have worked and paid into SS and Medicare all their working lives depend on that to help them when they retire, to take that away from them would mean they have nothing to live on and would then have to go to charities for help. Our leaders need to listen to the people and pray for guidence when making decisions for the American people…

]]> By: Joseph Furtenbacher http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/3000_pastors_respond_private_c/#comment-1137 Joseph Furtenbacher Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:08:06 +0000 http://localhost/mywordpress/?p=1809#comment-1137 What you do speaks so loudly that when you speak, they plug their ears. Then, for some reason, they start going, 'Lalalalalalalala - I can't HE-EAR you!' Don't I know it... What you do speaks so loudly that when you speak, they plug their ears.

Then, for some reason, they start going, ‘Lalalalalalalala – I can’t HE-EAR you!’

Don’t I know it…

]]> By: John A Fair http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/3000_pastors_respond_private_c/#comment-1136 John A Fair Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:38:04 +0000 http://localhost/mywordpress/?p=1809#comment-1136 Great spiritual leaders have stated that poverty is one of the greatest acts of violence against humanity. It is the responsibility of the religious to speak this prophetic voice whenever necessary to call society (aka governments) to task and assume the responsibility for caring for its people. One of the ways the religious do this through acting out the prophetic vision where such active proclamation is a witness and call to governments to pick up the ball and enter the game of life .. of caring for its people. To assume that charities to be society's messiahs is to deny the true role of government. Great spiritual leaders have stated that poverty is one of the greatest acts of violence against humanity. It is the responsibility of the religious to speak this prophetic voice whenever necessary to call society (aka governments) to task and assume the responsibility for caring for its people. One of the ways the religious do this through acting out the prophetic vision where such active proclamation is a witness and call to governments to pick up the ball and enter the game of life .. of caring for its people. To assume that charities to be society’s messiahs is to deny the true role of government.

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