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[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by Accountable

That doesn't cost a dime in taxes, save for the air fare for diplomatic meetings. See? We all win!

Of course it does - writing off a debt casts in both loss of principle and loss of income, settling for a poorer trade deal than you could have forced costs in balance of trade ......

Maybe not cash out of the here and now but a cost to the country nevertheless.

[Ted]

Bryn Mawr

I am in agreement with you.

Shalom
Ted

[Ted]

Acc

I will repeat what I said. All Christians are duty bound to assist in whatever way possible. I think the "golden rule" spells it out perfectly as does the great commandment in Matt. 22.

If man is suffering and we do nothing about it we are both in error and less for it. In fact according to Matt. 25 if we have not done it to the least of these we have not done it to Jesus. As with the story of the good Samaratin even those we hate, count.

Shalom
Ted

[Accountable]

Originally Posted by Ted

Acc

I will repeat what I said. All Christians are duty bound to assist in whatever way possible. I think the "golden rule" spells it out perfectly as does the great commandment in Matt. 22.

If man is suffering and we do nothing about it we are both in error and less for it. In fact according to Matt. 25 if we have not done it to the least of these we have not done it to Jesus. As with the story of the good Samaratin even those we hate, count.

Shalom
Ted

I never suggesting to do nothing. I'm uncomfortable forcing Christian behavior on unwilling participants. We come to the Father; we're not dragged there kicking and screaming. To use government coersion to force our values on others is wrong.

Besides, governments use up the majority of aid money in red tape bureaucracy. They muck up more than they fix.

[Ted]

Acc

I can agree with you on that.

Shalom
Ted

[Ted]

The issue of a more equitable sharing of the world's resources has to begin somewhere. It most certainly cannot begin in a village in Uganda. It has to begin with those who have.

Shalom
Ted