"Reclaiming Religion from the Left"
Frontpagemag.com has kindly published my article: "Reclaiming Religion from the Left" about Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments, Easter, Passover, and President Obama's wealth distribution plans. Here is one comment I especially like by someone called Mary Ann:
Concerning government action and social justice, the Catholic Church teaches the doctrine of subsidiarity. Aquinas's thought on subsidiarity, "It is contrary to the proper character of the State's government to impede people from acting according to their responsibilities- except in emergencies." A fuller definition is found in the Catholic Catechism: "a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of it's functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to co-ordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with the view to the common good." The Church teaches that excessive intervention by the State threatens personal freedom and initiative, and is against all forms of collectivism.
Jesus did not preach about wealth distribution as wealth distribution is understood by liberals in todays society. What He preached about was individual people, on their own free initiative, loving and caring for others who are less fortunate.
Jesus did not preach against wealth and making money. [H]e preached against loving money more than Him.
