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<DIV>I don't think Jesus Christ would have been asked to address the GOP
convention, and I think his biggest detractors, if he were here today, would be
the religious right. Further, I think Jesus was a liberal in the social
sense and wouldn't recognize -- certainly not approve of -- the politics of some
of his most vocal followers. Above all, and what I've been trying to say,
is that he wouldn't do what he did because of adherence to a philosophical point
on the spectrum; he transcends these things and has left us to wrestle with
whether we want to be right, left, or on the 50-yard-line, OR if we want to be
righteous.</DIV>
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<DIV>And my testpoint for that is: how does it affect the "least of these"
in society, and does it glorify God in spirit and in truth?</DIV>
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<DIV>Nope. The Bush tax cut just didn't . . . cut it.</DIV>
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<DIV>keely</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">auntiestablishment@hotmailcom</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 20, 2004 12:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Merry
Christmas</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Keely et. al.<BR><BR>What stand would
Christ take on the huge tax cuts of the Bush administration giving billions
back to the ultra-rich while working single mothers with children can barely
"survive" on minimum wage ($5.15 hr.) jobs?<BR><BR>And if your answer is that
he would have wanted to give some of those billions to the hard working
deserving poor, rather than back to the ultra-rich, and/or raise the minimum
wage, I don't care what path Christ would have taken to shed "labels," the
Religious Right in the USA would plaster him with a big sign declaring him a
"tax and spend liberal." Well, that is, unless they knew who he was, or
who he was claiming to be, in which case they might label him a fraud, or
actually be shamed into facing their betrayal of Christ's values.<BR><BR>If
your answer is that Christ would have approved of the Bush administration tax
cuts, and all they imply, and/or that he would not advocate raising the
minimum wage, I am wrong.<BR><BR>Ted
Moffett<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>