Governor confuses Chinese proverb and Christ's message of compassion
Scott Walker opposes expanding Medicaid and BadgerCare because it contradicts his understanding of the Bible.“My reading of the Bible finds plenty of reminders that it’s better to teach someone to fish than to give them fish if they’re able. … Caring for the poor isn’t the same as taking money from the federal government to lock more people into Medicaid,” Walker said.Oddly enough, the quotation Walker references above never actually appears in the Bible. It's a Chinese proverb. If we want to be clear on Jesus's position on handing out fish to the poor, we can look to the book of Matthew for guidance, where He literally hands out fish to the poor:
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.It seems like Jesus was all about "giving out fish" (or aid) to people who needed it, a stark contrast to what Gov. Walker implies about the teachings of the Bible. Heck, Jesus even had time to give out some free health care while he was at it.
Forget that college degree -- Walker should consider going back to Sunday school before anything else.
Something has always smelled fishy about Scott Walker and now we know.....he's bi-lingual ....he's been reading a Chinese bible.
ReplyDeleteRead Isaiah 58 or Matthew 25: 31-46. In each case both the prophet Isaiah and Jesus are speaking literally "to the nations" about what a nation claiming to be a "nation under God" requires: that as a nation, we as a nation care for the least and the lost. The language is quite clear in both cases. "The Nation's will be judged by how the care for the vulnerable, if you claim to operate as "one nation under God".
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ReplyDeleteWhat translation of the bible is this: "compassion on"?, "sit down on the grass"? Very strange indeed!
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