The notion, here, is that the church ought to take in the homeless, feed the hungry, and help the sick who can't afford treatment. It's a fine idea, but one that has flaws; namely, why isn't it happening, already?
If we want the church to take over this function, there's nothing stopping us. In fact, if every homeless person was allowed to stay in a local church, then we would have succeeded in taking that responsibility from the government. Problem solved.
But that's not what's happening. Instead, I commonly hear argument that demand the church take over these functions, but only after they have been relinquished by the government. They want the government to hand over this responsibility to the church, even though "the church" doesn't have centralized leadership of any sort. (Particularly here in the U.S., where I hear this sort of thing argued.)
You know...this is a boring blog entry and I'm surprised you're still reading. I'm boring myself as I type it. No wonder no one reads my website. I've got to find some better topics. Come back, next week, and I'll try to have something better. Sheesh.
She just read my blog.
