[shredder17]

my intention was never to talk about the bible but someone said jesus was socialist and quoted a bible verse and i wanted to respond. and by the way the bible has a lot to do with politics, economics and the philosophy of government. the reason why there is such a great debate on healthcare is that we have different expectations on what government should be in involved in. i like many conservative and christian americans believe that truth is founded on the bible and natural law and our rights come from God and not the state. the founding fathers believed in natural law and the understanding that we were all created equal by God. so from these truthes we believe in limit government, ownership of private property, free market economy, democratic in our voting of leaders but republican in ''rule by law'' instead of full democracy in ''rule by majority''. the problem with socialist and communist governments is that they reject natural law and the understanding that our rights are from God. in the communist governments rights come from the state and property and capital belong to the state. many believe that this is unbiblical and fight against it. so its because of the bible that i many people throughout history have been opposed to these systems. so the bible does have a lot to do with this debate. you can never really separate politics and religion. you will hear people say ''STOP TRYING TO LEGISLATE MORALITY" but all laws are the codifed morality of a group of people. you might disagree with all of this but i dont think we can say "LEAVE THE BIBLE OUT OF A POLITCAL DEBATE".