As we once again celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I wonder if the conflict between justice and injustice once painted as a race war continues on today under a different guise — that of a class war. The problem is that many of those who are and will continue to be most affected have been bamboozled into thinking they were selecting leaders who would, if given the power, heal the sick, take in the needy, and pray with the poor. When in actuality this misguided selection of manipulative leaders will serve only to place these ‘poor folk’ even further away on the other side of the tracks.
Unfortunately, it will be far too late before these people realize that Jesus would not be leading his people into war under false pretenses, pretending to care about the poor while spending millions on a party, nor taking money from the elderly merely to enrich his wealthy friends. In fact, Jesus, whether Democrat, Republican, or Libertarian, would be sweeping these hypocritic gamblers from the halls of the temple and be willing to die whilst responding to the needs of the poor, weak and oppressed.
“Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, with tongues of deceit in their mouths. Your rich men are wealthy through extortion and violence; your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can’t tell the truth!” - Micah, Chapter 6
“I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - FDR, January 20, 1937, in his second inaugural address.