Obama: Jesus said I can take the money

Posted on February 3, 2012 at 9:01 am, by

My latest column on Townhall discusses Obama’s noxious and offensive attempt to turn Jesus into a Marxist to suit his own political ends. A snippet:

How, then, does that teaching coincide with Obama’s desire to tax the rich? Quick answer: it doesn’t, not by a long chalk. But let us try to see it as the president does.

Who are the servants the master wishes the manager to care for? That one is easy; the poor.

Who is the manager? Also easy: the rich.

Who is the master? Well, there’s the thing. It has to be Obama, doesn’t it? Or perhaps just the government. Either way, in Obama’s mind, the rich have been given much — not responsibility; riches — by the government (oh, no, they didn’t earn those riches on their own). Now, much riches are required — by Obama.

Who are the hearers to identify with? Why, the poor servants, of course. We are to root for Obama to take much from the rich. And we’re supposed to think something about how Jesus would’ve wanted it that way.

But who gets the money? The government. We the poor get nothing other than the consolation that Obama the master isn’t going to ask us for any more.

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Jon Sanders (twitter.com/jonpsanders) is Director of Regulatory Studies at the John Locke Foundation. A columnist for TownHall.com, Sanders has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, ABC News online, FrontPage Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, the Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous newspapers throughout North Carolina. A native of Garner, N.C., Sanders has been an adjunct instructor in economics at North Carolina State University, and he holds a masters degree in economics with a minor in statistics and a bachelors degree in English literature and language from N.C. State.

2 comments

  1. Great work, Jon. Twisting scripture to push statism is inaccurate and unfortunate—just read Romans 13:4 to see what the Christian role of government is—and I’m glad there are people like you to call others out on it.

    Comment by Fergus Hodgson on February 3, 2012 at 10:53 am

    Fergus Hodgson

  2. Very good, Jon.

    Let’s face it — Obama will wrap himself in any garb to help hornswoggle some voters. He can pretend to be religious. He can pretend to esteem the military. He can pretend to be in favor of business. The only pretend stunt he hasn’t tried is to pretend to be in favor of freedom.

    Comment by George Leef on February 3, 2012 at 12:16 pm

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