1. It is true that salvation comes from faith and good works.
No it doesn't. Good works alone. God doesn't care about faith.
That contradicts Church dogma and the Bible.
“[16] For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him. [18] He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [19] And this is the judgment: because the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. [20] For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.”
So you must do good works and have faith to be saved.
Private charities are a more effective way of helping the poor.
Private charities are far less helpful to the poor because they don't have anywhere near the budget government programs do. At any rate:
DIRECT QUESTION: How much of your income to you give to charity?
Because even if that's all true, you will still go to hell unless it's a lot.
Because the charities only focus on what is neccesary, which is actually helping the poor while the government programs make people dependent on them and providing excess welfare which encourages laziness and doesn’t help in the long run. I am going to college so I am not making income, but in the future I will use the income I need to take care of myself and give a lot to charity.
And the sick will still be taken care of under Trumpcare.
False: The CBO studied it and found that 26 500 people will die every year if Trumpcare is passed.
Nowhere in this article does it say that.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52486 The CBO said that the amount of people uninsured will increase by 24 million because the penalties will be repealed, so people will have the freedom to choose whether to be covered by health insurance. It will also reduce the federal deficit, so it will overall be a benefit. People will still be insured if they want to.
In fact Trump is doing a better job taking care of the poor because the unemployment rate is low, the economy is doing well, and he is trying to preserve American industries and keep jobs in America.
He also is starting a trade war that will destroy the world's economy, and countries that are far more socialist then the US (Ie Norway) have far less poverty then the US.
The trade war in the long run will keep jobs in America and will cause more fair trade deals to be negotiated, because China and the other countries won’t want their economies destroyed.
2. Strangers are welcome if they come here LEGALLY, either by legal immigration or legal asylum status. Not enforcing the immigration laws makes it worse for America's poor because the illegal immigrants take their jobs.
The bible says nothing about legal or illegal. Please show me where if you don't believe me. Only that you must welcome the stranger. Trying to find excuses to not do so like "That DREAMER was brought here illegally when he was a year old, so kick him out!" will not impress God and you will go to hell for it. And of course you have all the things republicans are doing to not welcome legal strangers like Trump's Muslim ban. If you support the ban you will go to hell.
That is because you need to put the Bible into historcal context. There were no border laws back then, and while it said to give food and clothing to the strangers, it does not say to let them become in your society. Ancient Israel still had immigration laws that required assimilation by converting and getting circumcised. And the Muslim ban is to protect America from Muslim terrorist attacks. That is why America has had far less attacks than in Europe.
People who vote Democrat support killing babies.
Exactly.
If you are talking about abortion, the bible never says that abortion is bad, and lots about helping the poor.
Face it Jacob, when you die and meet Jesus he's going to be wearing a "I'm with Her" or "Feel the Bern" shirt and once he sees your MAGA hat it's off to the lake of fire with you.
Even if you don't think that's likely, shouldn't you switch sides politically just in case?
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Jesus is on the side of the Republicans because they promote Christianity, and oppose abortion and gay marriage.