ColdBlueSteel
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This used to be true, like 15 years ago.Studies show conservatives are more charitable with their money than liberals. Conservatives back up the talk, liberals need big brother and leviathan govt to coerce people to give.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."Paraphrased: "I like your Jesus, but I don't like your organized religions in the name of 'Christianity'. They are all so unlike Jesus."
A carpenter; a friend of fisher-folk, lepers and whores. Turned over the tables in the Temple. Rest assured, Jesus would overturn the table in the Trump/Musk oval office.
The OP is spot on. Regardless of time frame... Perhaps change "was" to "is".
What studies?
List them.
Even if it did, why does that matter? Plenty of churches help those in need, support mission trips to help others etc. Just admit it, conservatives aren't bad people like you want to believe. You have to let go of the boogeyman you've created in your mind for decades. Please grow intellectually. Stay away from partisan liberal news sources.Just a wild guess but I'm gonna imagine these purported "studies" count tithes as charitable giving. If one removes religious tithing, what do those results look like?
What studies?
List them.
Conservatives have been convinced by their own news sources that liberals are influenced by the devil.Even if it did, why does that matter? Plenty of churches help those in need, support mission trips to help others etc. Just admit it, conservatives aren't bad people like you want to believe. You have to let go of the boogeyman you've created in your mind for decades. Please grow intellectually. Stay away from partisan liberal news sources.
According to google, only 10% of donations to the Catholic Church go to supporting other charities. Churches help themselves and their congregations first and foremost. Paying tithes to churches to avoid an imaginary hell is a little different than giving to the United Way.Even if it did, why does that matter? Plenty of churches help those in need, support mission trips to help others etc. Just admit it, conservatives aren't bad people like you want to believe. You have to let go of the boogeyman you've created in your mind for decades. Please grow intellectually. Stay away from partisan liberal news sources.
Donating to your church so that you get to go to heaven doesn't count.![]()
Does partisanship influence charitable giving? | SurveyMonkey Apply
America is one of the most generous countries in the world. According to the 2017 CAF World Giving Index, the US ranks fifth globally in charitable participation and giving, and […]apply.surveymonkey.com
Despite the generosity of both Democrats and Republicans, there are some differences in the amounts that individuals donate.
While the tendency to give is common, Republicans donate larger sums than Democrats.
Overall giving levels rise as incomes grow for both groups, but Republicans give slightly more at each income level. To offer one example, in households with an annual income under $29,000, 36% of Republicans donated $101-$1000, compared to 26% of Democrats. The trend continues in this direction across all brackets, as seen in the graphic below.
Reference to this? There was one reference to violence by him or his disciples in the NT that I'm aware of. That was in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus rebuked the disciple and healed the victim. There's also his quote about " Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's". I'm not getting any external revolution vibes from this. You seem to be confusing him with the Zealots that ended up later at Masada.Jesus wanted to bring about the destruction of Roman rule in Israel. He would have appreciated some of the MAGA tactics to destroy its own homeland
And what about the Unaffiliated? More folks in the US are registered Unaffiliated than either Republican or Democrat.![]()
Does partisanship influence charitable giving? | SurveyMonkey Apply
America is one of the most generous countries in the world. According to the 2017 CAF World Giving Index, the US ranks fifth globally in charitable participation and giving, and […]apply.surveymonkey.com
Despite the generosity of both Democrats and Republicans, there are some differences in the amounts that individuals donate.
While the tendency to give is common, Republicans donate larger sums than Democrats.
Overall giving levels rise as incomes grow for both groups, but Republicans give slightly more at each income level. To offer one example, in households with an annual income under $29,000, 36% of Republicans donated $101-$1000, compared to 26% of Democrats. The trend continues in this direction across all brackets, as seen in the graphic below.
I'll add that most, if not all, of what was claimed to have been said by Jesus came from people who never met him.I candidly do not think this is super productive discussion to have. It is dangerous to try to project anything from 2000 years ago - especially anything religious - onto our modern political context. The world we live in today is so different from the world of the New Testament that making any sort of comparison - or trying to glean biblical messages relevant to a world that may as well be an alien planet compared to Jesus' world - is a fools' errand.
With that said, it is certainly true that Jesus embodied and preached about many things that would get labeled "social justice" today by those who oppose such things.
Moving the goalposts. Why don't donations to a private school matter?Donating to your church so that you get to go to heaven doesn't count.
Donating to the private schools so your kid doesn't have to attend school with black and brown children doesn't count.
Try again.
Did you ever meet Einstein? I can do this forever...I'll add that most, if not all, of what was claimed to have been said by Jesus came from people who never met him.
Einstein made predictions that have been tested and verified. He didn't ask anyone to believe him on faith. I can do this forever...Did you ever meet Einstein? I can do this forever...
Because that’s not charity. That’s paying a school to continue to exist so your dumb kid doesn’t have to mix with minorities.Moving the goalposts. Why don't donations to a private school matter?