RE: Money is a tool. A Message to Redistributionists

I see the Jubilee occur every month or so. I see it in even non-Christian,
though American, institutions. People and organizations that go out and
collect up items and money to help the poor. Even if there is no big
emergency like 9/11 or Katrina we see this on a fairly regular basis in this
country. Whether it is an ad on TV for Save the Children Fund or some other
NPO. Why must the Jubliee by stolen and raped by some artificial
wannabe-human organization known as government. When a person of poverty
gets help from those in his community, he feels grateful that there are
those that care for him. When a person gets his welfare check and food
stamps does he say thank you to the tax payers or even the government?
Where is the personal human love that is expressed in the giving and sharing
of the biblical jubilee? Dehumanize all you want into a globule of mass
corruption, but this will not change the condition of the human need to be
loved and cared for by his fellow man. Only through the fellowship gained
by the personal sacrifices made by one man for the sake of another can
peace, love and human kindness be increased.

May the Lord work through each of us to increase our brothers wealth and
dignity

Don P
  -----Original Message-----
  From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
Behalf Of Pim van Meurs
  Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 01:01
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Subject: Re: Money is a tool. A Message to Redistributionists

  Interesting response, but missing the point again. My comment is one of
wonder why Christians seem to be unwilling to implement some biblical
teachings while adhering to others. Do we as Christians get to chose what
part of the Bible we like or dislike? Is that your attitude towards the
Bible or am I missing something?

  I am not sure where you got your idea about imposing my religious
conscience on others, I am merely asking about how others interpret the
Jubilee and why it seems to be totally ignored.

  Perhaps it's time for Janice to read more carefully before responding? But
at least we seem to agree that imposing religious belief onto others is the
wrong approach.
  The real question for me however is how Christians deal with the concept
of the Jubilee and why it seems to have been mostly ignored? But perhaps my
reading of the bible is too literal :-)

  Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
    At 11:58 PM 3/8/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:

      How sad. The wealth gap is real and I wonder why Christians seem to be
unwilling to apply the concept of Jubilee to rectify these inequities.

    @ I suggest that you get together with a bunch of other
legalistic-minded professing Christians and put that idea into practice
among yourselves.

    But don't think that anyone is going to allow you to obtain enough power
and control to impose your religious conscience on the rest of us. -- which,
like Pat Robertson, et.al., you would do in a heartbeat if you had the
chance.

    ~ Janice

      So why do you love it Janice since I find few redeeming Christian
aspects in the message, other than perhaps 'apologetics'

      Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:

        I love it. ~ Janice

        "Money is a tool. And wealth, accumulation of money, is a bunch of
tools. Now when one person, a carpenter for instance, has a bunch of tools,
we don't say to him, "You have too many tools. You should give some of your
saws and drills and chisels to the guy who is cooking the omelets." We don't
try to close the tool gap."
Received on Thu Mar 9 12:51:17 2006