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Originally Posted by karfar
Ovcatto, I think it all comes down to education. Give these people an education & the chances of them breeding too often will greatly reduce. Sorry, that came off a little crass. However, I stand by it. It's proven that the greater the education level of a society, the lower the birth rate, which I find is a plus. The population of this world has gotten obscenely out of control.
I agree! Give them a hope for the future and something eles to look forward to instead of having baby after baby.
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Because the government is largely inefficient at getting stuff done. At least from a Christian point of view, we would rather help the poor through church rather than watch the government botch it up. The same government that "handled" hurricane Katrina.
Besides, there is something unsettling about being forced to give. If you give, it should be because you want to make a difference. You're trying hard to put "right wing christians" into some uncaring, hypocritical box. Lots of you sound very bitter in your attacks that they are hypocrites and what-not. One could argue that the liberal is hypocritical in that he has deep pockets for social spending but could care less about the lives of the aborted. Don't accuse others of living in a glass house when in fact you do also.
The issue here is big gov vs. small gov., its not about giving vs not giving...
Probably because we know a church can do a better job than the government can do.
And I don't like having my tax money taken to give to a "charity" like planned parenthood.
Truth be told, we give more money to charities, per capita, than the non-religious. We like to solve society's problems by charitable organizations. Liberals tend to prefer to just pay more taxes and not get involved.
It's simple. We did the no string attached welfare in the sixties through the eighties and all we accomplished was to create fatherless families with loads of troubled kids. MI began forcing welfare recipients to work in the '90s and the no string attached approach was ended. It's been a big success for everyone involved ever since.
Well I am Catholic, and definitely support social programs for all HUMAN BEINGS regardless of nationality, race, sex, or what have you. I am vehemently pro-life, I'm against the death penalty as well. I am as conservative as you get on many issues.
Would you prefer that non-governmental organizations provide the needed assistance?
I'm always suspicious of the government. They tend to escape the accountability standards the rest of us are held to and you definitely can't trust their motives.
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Would you prefer that non-governmental organizations provide the needed assistance?
I'm always suspicious of the government. They tend to escape the accountability standards the rest of us are held to and you definitely can't trust their motives.
I agree. The public needs to demand more accountability from our government.
"I'm not extremely 'pro-life,' but I believe that if an unborn child is developed to the point that it can survive outside of the womb, then it has inherited natural rights and should be considered a citizen of this country."
This is the sort of moral relativism that was in play in pre-war Germany.
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