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Jesus weighing in on health care reform
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Rob Warmowski, a blogger for The Huffington Press, recently wrote a piece entitled "Christians, Please Report to the Health Insurance Reform Debate". With tongue firmly in cheek, he asked if ordinary Christians have an opinion about the reforming the health care industry. Being a "heathen flipping through the Bible", Warmowski presented a contrast between the corrupt, bloated health insurance industry and Jesus' teachings on health reform.
Despite Warmowski's historically inaccurate assessment of Jesus as a "Bronze Age guy" (Jesus lived in the Roman Empire, over a millennium after the end of the Bronze Age), Warmowski allows Jesus' words to stand on their own. It is fair to say that the Jesus of the Bible would have opposed anyone profiting on another's suffering.
Echoing Warmowski's question, where are the people who follow Jesus in this debate? Why aren't their voices being heard? Or more appropriately, why aren't they speaking up and being Jesus' voice in this debate?
