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...and it never has; I don't consequently hold out much hope of it ever doing it properly. The moment it does, I'll be the first to join your chorus of calling fro the government to back out of providing a safety net.

You had me up with you to an extent up until you mentioned about this idea of 'one world government'; I'm afraid you completely lost me with that, which sounds a bit like paranoia to me...

Neither system (capitalism or socialism) is perfect; both have their significant drawbacks, 'pure' socialism's having been admirably set out already here on this thread, and 'pure' capitalism's both in what I've put and, for example, the recent banking crisis. A mixed economy, avoiding the...

Except that it has been shown, time and again, that, idealistic and laudable though that aim doubtless is, it doesn't work. The effects of that policy can be viewed very clearly through, for example, the novels of Charles Dickens. We call it 'Victorian England', and its horrors are the main...

And where would that admonition be in the said Scriptures? And whose interpretation of them are we follow? Yours? Pastor Larry's? DHK's?

Er...no; to say that he was is one of the more ignorant and risible statements I have seen here.

What about those who cannot (eg: through unemployment, disability, illness etc)?

There's a difference between socialist and communist. As to the former, there are plenty of Christians in the UK and rest of Europe who would fall into that category but I know no Christian communists. I don't know why the US has such a suspicion of socialism (I can understand the suspicion of...

It's a straight question. I'm asking what problem there is with Jesus' teaching. No, where did I say that? In fact it's the judicial system in Scotland which has led to his early release. 'Forgive' in what way? Hmmm... I smell an inconsistency here (and this is to RAdam as well): presumably...

Not me, mate. Life begins at conception and all that...

We hear so much - both on our side of the Pond and yours - about the apparently relentless onwards march of abortion and abortionism, that it's nice to hear about a move in the other direction. A small victory perhaps but one that should nevertheless be celebrated.

Good! It's a start at least:thumbsup:

I see Jesus teaching about the need for forgiveness. I see Him teaching about grace. I see Him warning not to judge others lest we be judged. I see Him saying that we shouldn't pass by on the other side when we see our neighbour in need. I see Him condemning to Hell those who fail to feed the...

I might say the same of you re those Christian values - where is mercy, compassion, grace, in all of this? Some of the views I've seen expressed here have little or nothing in common with Jesus' teachings; if we purport to follow Him, surely we should adopt His values?

The late Strom Thurmond and Co? Now they were an unpleasant little bunch of racists...

Show me where I said I supported it. I said it was a consideration and it was 'a tough one'. And would you prefer your countrymen to stay on the dole and be unable to support their families? In what way is that Christian?

Deut 26:1-12 for starters So you would rather pass by on the other side? (Luke 10:31)

Sounds more like Freemasonry to me. "Run, Forrest, run!"

A couple of further points to be made: 1. There is a long tradition of early release on compassionate grounds on these shores, regardless of the heinousness of the crime, particularly in Scotland, which has a different legal system in any event than that of England and Wales, and is perhaps...

And what if you don't have the resources to do that? What if you predecease your mother? What if you lose your job and with it your health insurance? What then? What about all the mothers whose sons aren't as loving and dutiful as you?