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Healthcare question for Christians

WWJD?


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disneydude

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This is a question for Christians:

WWJD?

Would Jesus support a UHC plan or would he feel that healthcare should be portioned out based on an individuals ability to pay?
 
"If a man shall not work, neither shall he eat."
 
"If a man shall not work, neither shall he eat."

So you believe that Jesus would be against Universal healthcare?

That's cool if you believe that. I'm actually curious how my fellow Christians feel.
 
So you believe that Jesus would be against Universal healthcare?

That's cool if you believe that. I'm actually curious how my fellow Christians feel.
First off, unless you believe the "whole counsel of G-d", meaning the inerrant, infallable Word of G-d, then you are certainly not a Christian. But I digress.

Forced charity, by Government edict, certainly is not Christian charity. It is oppression.

I would love to see a return to the fee for service that the US saw before insurance companies and lawyers got their filthy mitts involved!!
 
Of course Jesus would support a for-profit insurance plan, the basis of Christianity is human freedom and dignity, and that means the individual isn't supposed to be a slave to his neighbor, as all UHC plans demand.


Jesus knows what charity is.

Charity is given freely, not extorted at gun point.

Besides, Jesus knows that if the sick truly have faith in him, they'll be in Heaven when they croak, and the sooner they do that after they're born again, the less chance for them to relapse back into their sinful ways.

Unless you believe in the theory of "once saved, always saved". Then it doesn't matter how long you linger before you die, you're still got your reserved table in Heaven.
 
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First off, unless you believe the "whole counsel of G-d", meaning the inerrant, infallable Word of G-d, then you are certainly not a Christian. But I digress.

Forced charity, by Government edict, certainly is not Christian charity. It is oppression.

I would love to see a return to the fee for service that the US saw before insurance companies and lawyers got their filthy mitts involved!!

So you believe that Jesus would support a "for profit" insurance health system in which service is based on ability to pay?
 
First off, unless you believe the "whole counsel of G-d", meaning the inerrant, infallable Word of G-d, then you are certainly not a Christian. But I digress.

Forced charity, by Government edict, certainly is not Christian charity. It is oppression.

I would love to see a return to the fee for service that the US saw before insurance companies and lawyers got their filthy mitts involved!!

Who are you to say who is Christian and who isn't?
 
Not I, but the Word of G-d!

Whatever...dude :roll:

I love the Pharisees that run around and try to argue that some people are not Christian-enough or whatever-enough for them.
 
More like 5000, but that was to prove His Deity! The fact that He is G-d Almighty!!

How much do you think those 5000 people worked so that they could eat? And no. Following somebody around all day is not work. I did that today. It's more annoying then an STD.
 
Can somebody point me to a passage where Jesus said it was the responsibility of Government to provide healthcare for all of their citizens?
 
Can somebody point me to a passage where Jesus said it was the responsibility of Government to provide healthcare for all of their citizens?

The question is what would Jesus do in this case if he had to deal with UHC. My guess is he'd probably back it. He was all into that whole love your neighbor thing.
 
Can somebody point me to a passage where Jesus said it was the responsibility of Government to provide healthcare for all of their citizens?

If there was, there wouldn't need to be the question.

That said. Based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, do you believe that he would have supported UHC or a for-profit healthcare system based on ability to pay?
 
The question is what would Jesus do in this case if he had to deal with UHC. My guess is he'd probably back it. He was all into that whole love your neighbor thing.

I agree. If you look at the life and teachings of Jesus Christ to me its obvious. However, I'm interested in what other Christians believe based on the life and teachings of Christ.
 
The question is what would Jesus do in this case if he had to deal with UHC. My guess is he'd probably back it. He was all into that whole love your neighbor thing.

To hold that view, one must already have come to the conclusion that those who seek to provide universal healthcare have the best interest of "the people" in mind.
 
If there was, there wouldn't need to be the question.

That said. Based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, do you believe that he would have supported UHC or a for-profit healthcare system based on ability to pay?

Jesus could heal a person by touching them. A mere mortal has no such power. Don't you think it's unreasonable to compare someone like Jesus - God on earth, who could literally provide uhc to all himself, to common men?

That being said, I don't see any reason to believe that Jesus would support the good shepherds of Government having so much control over man who was given free-will.
 
Jesus could heal a person by touching them. A mere mortal has no such power. Don't you think it's unreasonable to compare someone like Jesus - God on earth, who could literally provide uhc to all himself, to common men?

That being said, I don't see any reason to believe that Jesus would support the good shepherds of Government having so much control over man who was given free-will.

So you believe that Jesus would support a for profit insurance based healthcare system?
I'm waiting for you to cast your vote.
 
Jesus would be for our spirituality and salvation. He would support whatever the government put in place be it private or socialist.

It is up to us as humans to decide how we take care of ourselves physically and up to Jesus to take car of us spiritually.

Goshin covered the rest early on in this thread.
 
So you believe that Jesus would support a for profit insurance based healthcare system?
I'm waiting for you to cast your vote.

I think that Jesus would support a for profit insurance based healthcare system, that would have policies tailored for the healthcare needs of the applicant.

Oh wait, that's me...

Sorry, can't speak for Jesus.
 
Jesus would be for our spirituality and salvation. He would support whatever the government put in place be it private or socialist.

It is up to us as humans to decide how we take care of ourselves physically and up to Jesus to take car of us spiritually.

Goshin covered the rest early on in this thread.

I would have to disagree. Based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and based on the examples of his life, I have a hard time believing that he would feel that a "for-profit" insurance based healthcare system that provides treatment based on ability to pay would have been something that he would have ever advocated for.
 
I think that Jesus would support a for profit insurance based healthcare system, that would have policies tailored for the healthcare needs of the applicant.

Oh wait, that's me...

Sorry, can't speak for Jesus.

That's what I'm asking. I'm not asking you to "speak" for Jesus. I'm asking whether based on studying his examples and the teachings of him whether YOU believed he would support one of the other.
 
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