Here is one more example that the conservative Christians who make up the Republican base do not use the teachings of Jesus, to feed and cloth the poor and to look after children, as a guide for their positions on public policy. Rather, they see things like food stamps as direct competitors. If the government feeds the hungry, it makes it harder to put butts in the pews.
I can kind of understand that, but what I don’t get is the vitriol Republicans spew at people who receive government aid. If they are so damn unworthy, then why give them church charity?
I don’t get how these two attitudes can co-exist in people’s minds.
