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Jesus wasn’t neutral

Jesus doesn’t ask “who is right?” But rather asks “who is hurting?”

I swear, the older I get the more I am circling back around to Christianity from the other side.

I’m still not there on the theology of a literal God or the supernatural. But I am 100% on board with the message of the Jesus of my childhood, in a church that had a Social Justice ministry before American conservatives made that a dirty word.

It doesn’t matter if the person telling you to care for the sick or stand up for what is right is Jesus or Gandalf or Kaladin Stormblessed. What matters is what you do with that advice.

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Tithes

Today on the Internet I saw a post that said this:

Leave your church today.

Tithe by helping someone in need

God is not in a building

I replied:

Even when I was religious, I considered any charitable donation part of my tithe.

I have a still-religious friend who considers the portion of his taxes that go towards social welfare programs to be part of his.

There are many ways to be the Body of Christ in the world.

And I stand by that.

I should do that calculation myself, sometime. The back-of-the-envelope that I just did (62% of federal spending, 15% effective federal tax rate) gives me about 9% of my salary Helping People via taxes. That’s not too bad.