The following is a translation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 77.
The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow.
The high end is pulled down and the low end is raised up.
The excessive is diminished
and the deficient is supplemented.
It is the way of heaven to take where there is too much
in order to give where there is not enough.
The way of people is otherwise.
They take where there is not enough
in order to increase where there is already too much.
Who will take from their own excesses
and give to all under heaven?
Only those who hold to the Tao.
Therefore, the True Person benefits yet expects no reward,
does the work and moves on.
There is no desire to be considered better than others.
Yesterday at work I was arguing with fellow instructor about Heath Care Reform. She stated "as a producer how can you support giving to people who do nothing?" I told her that it's my MORAL responsibility to do so. She retorted that what I was saying was nonsense and socialist. We have argued before about liberalism, in general, and health care, in particular, and agree to disagree. The thing that bugs me about her arguments is that she is very religious. She claims to go to church and she claims to be devote. I thought I was totally in bounds when I asked: What would Jesus do? She walked away in a huff. What is it about most Christianistas? They don't want to admit that Jesus was a socialist?
"Blessed are the poor,"
"do Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth," and "go, sell what you have, and give to the poor."
Again I tell you, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
I'm not a christian, quite the opposite, I'm a devote atheist. I've read the bible though, several times, and I always come away with the idea that Jesus promoted Social Justice I guess the Republicans are RINOs Religious In Name Only.
