Dehumanizing Charity

It’s possible to kill your neighbor by feeding him when he’s hungry.

That is, in the sense you dehumanize and enslave him without actually making things any better. In biblical morality, simply preserving life is not a good moral value. We really need to drive a stake through this mythology of “sanctity of life.” We who serve Christ are eager to leave this life and be with Him.

Sure, death isn’t a nice thing for everyone, but we can do nothing to change the eternal destiny of any soul. This desperate race to turn everyone into a believer before they die is wholly misguided, an insult to the gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s an entirely Western mythological viewpoint with Bible verses painted on the outside. We should be in a hurry to love people and set them free from falsehood. One of the biggest lies still promoted in virtually every part of Western Christianity is the foul notion we can talk people into deciding to go to Heaven. It doesn’t work that way and it was never our mission. Our mission is to love as Christ loved and offer ourselves in the way the Spirit leads.

The Spirit leads us to give ourselves, not simply the stuff we have under our control. All our worldly resources are mere tools, but must be used properly. If my neighbor is hungry, my whole duty is to reach out and touch his life. Without that personal contact, I have only damned him. If I give him food without reaching across that spiritual barrier, I have only cursed him. It is my duty to ask God first: Does he need a meal or does he need more from me? It’s not a question of what he needs, but what I need to give. If I don’t give of my own heart first, I am in rebellion against God’s Laws.

Aid between governments without a personal involvement of those giving is damned evil. Aid from one citizen to another through the blind of government bureaucracy is damned evil. It has nothing to do with greed, who has the most to give, nor any other “objective” fact. Having the government agency control the resources places the giver and receiver both in slavery — back to Babylon. Humans tend to avoid wanting to see it; we would rather keep our lives intact with our pitiful plans for this fallen existence. We gladly pay taxes at painful levels to avoid having to become personally involved. This is inexcusable evil.

God requires there be no intermediary between individuals, families and tribes giving to others.