Obama's Jihad against Christianity

I suppose that title sounds alarmist.  Boehner has floated a trial balloon about ending the charitable deduction and you can bet that Obama will accept it, even though protesting feebly today.  That’s because Obama has said that this is what he wants for years.  Ending the charitable deduction would both raise revenue while destroying charities, largely supported by conservatives.  If charities could be annhiliated or at least significantly cut down that makes the state, the only source of benevolence.  Meanwhile since conservatives are prime beneficiaries of the deduction and churches the prime beneficiaries of giving, this would have the effect of eliminating much political opposition. 

Sit back and think about what this year has wrought for Christianity.  First Lutherans were told they had to hire all comers, no discrimination for belief, by the Justice Department.  The JD lost the case 9-0 in the Supreme Court, but has never issued an apology for such wrongheaded thinking.  Next the Catholic Church and many church organizations are being forced to fund morning-after and week-after abortifacients, despite their clearly enunciated beliefs against such things.  Then the Democrat convention got caught taking God out of their platform, tried to re-instate it for appearances sake, and clearly a majority of the floor votes were against God.  Now comes Obama's war on charitable giving. It’s a keen strategy devised by someone who claims Christian faith, but opposes it at every turn.  

Why do this?  Well, the sworn belief of a National Socialist is that the State, not God, is benefactor.  Anyone who questions big government’s “compassion” is called mean-spirited and hateful.   But are government’s entitlement programs ever compassionate? 

Let’s say you are about to give a home to a foster kid, a system kid, a street kid.  Would you say, “Well, they pay me to keep you so you are entitled to that back bedroom.  And every meal feel free to come out and take a plate full back to your room.” 

Or do you say, “We love you and want to make you part of this family. Our home is yours.  We want to connect with you, have a relationship with you.  I know you have been hoarding food in your pockets, but you can trust us.  We want the best for you.”  And then one day the kid ran away.  You found him/her back on the streets eating out of dumpsters. So you said, “Listen, I know how this works.  You did something bad that made you scared we would reject you.  So you rejected us before we could reject you.  You think you are the prodigal son/daughter, be I’m your prodigal mom/dad. I will risk a great deal to come after you, because I love you.  I want to inspire you so that you will aspire to things you never even dreamed.” 

So which is compassionate—entitlements or undeserved kindness?  Entitlements have no obligation, but no forgiveness.  You simply are owed what you get.  Undeserved kindness forgives, loves beyond reason, and pursues you in a relationship.  God brings us the latter, and inspires families and churches to do the same. 

Jesus told a story about a man beaten nearly to death and left on the side of the road.  First came a Priest who passed by uncaringly.  Priests were more than just religious appointees, they were community leaders and powerful men, more like politicians.  Then came a Levite who also passed by uncaringly.  Levites oversaw the social service coffers. So they were like bureaucrats. Finally came a Samaritan, a person hated as a racist, who had true compassion.  A major point of the story is that compassion doesn’t belong to the State but begins in each person’s heart.  Marx and Lenin understood this.  That’s why the Soviets tried to ban the churches, then decided to impoverish them and replace the priesthood with KGB agents.

The National Socialists, like Mussolini, were more subtle, asking churches simply not to speak of their faith outside the church walls.  Don’t “impose” it on anyone else, they demanded.  But Jesus rarely spoke about faith inside a church.  His teachings were almost entirely things to do outside the walls.  Which is precisely the critical point.  To kill Christianity, you  have to kill it’s witness beyond the church buildings.  And then replace this with Stately “compassion” giving away “free stuff”  through government benevolence.  This is why I say that this campaign against Christianity is a very clever, effective jihad.