WaPo Guest Columnist - "From Jesus’ socialism to capitalistic Christianity" - Great Read!

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24. Jesus told people to do these things

not because he wanted his followers to feel good because, "Hey! I gave to charity! I'm a good person!" No, he told people to do these things because we are supposed to change the world and make it a better place for our fellow man. Government has a much farther reach than any individual person or community of believers. We are charged with helping the poor, and if we can help them through our civic action, by erecting social programs that allow them to have dignity and help them to rise above their situation, then that is doing the work of God in this world.

If you can "know them by their fruits" then let's look at the fruits of unregulated capitalism: money consolidated in the hands of the few, workers exploited and given depressed wages, safety precautions cut to save a few dollars, pollution that threatens the entire world community, the encouragement of greed and envy among the consumer class so that they will buy your goods, and selfishness at every turn. Truly, "the love of money is the root of all evil."