Quick Thought

"It is the purpose of the church, to lick the fur of the state." (Martin Luther)

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I'm hoping to expand and unpack this quote a bit of Doc Martin's later. With a general election later in the year in the U.K. With the future King of England about to marry the woman he was fornicating with while on honeymoon right up until the marriage ended, it makes one want to weep with shame to be in this land, that these people as many others here and elsewhere have been given places of honour over the people. Oh for more rulers like King Josiah and Asa who renewed and sought to keep the Covenant.

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On my radical soapbox

Thoughts and musings on this subject are incomplete. But seeing as Prime Minister Blair had laid the gauntlet down by calling a general election this year, I will no doubt return to it at some point. Can someone please telephone the P.M and ask him to come read my blog!

Two of the biggest subjects during any general election here, well no 3 actually, is Education, The Welfare State (i.e. Social security) and the state of the N.H.S. (national health service, which for those who may not be aware we don't pay for medical treatment here, but have socialized medicine a very similar kind to what is in Canada as much as I can gather) I may not cover all these topics in one blag due to time constraints and to keep a readable length.

One thing over many, many years that has got my goat, has been the fraudulent use and those who abuse by various means the social security system. I've seen this first hand over a long time.

One woman I know, technically had the label of epileptic. She had one seizure maybe every 3 years and was fully able in all other ways, yet because of her epilepsy she claimed disability benefits. A guy I knew who supposedly suffered from some kind of depressive illness, or I think so, as memory recalls, was claiming disability benefit, and working for his dad earning two hundred and fifty quid a week. And even those with serious disabilities do very often know how to work the system to their own advantadge and those in genuine need are often lft wanting. i recall a case on our news several years ago, of a guy who had severe cerebral Palsy. He couldn't feed himself, wash himself, or dress himself. All he did was move home to somewhere more suitable to his needs, and he lost his disability benefit.

Now Scotland in eons gone by, would seem to have a formula for rooting out all the fraudulent cases and those in need would not be neglected or uncared for.

Dear Mr Blair,

We need to reinstitute the labels for those in financial need, of "Sturdy beggars" and "impotent beggars." Suchas in the days of the Scottish Reformation. The impotent beggars were the type of people who were on hard times purely because of their circumstances and thru no fault of there own. The Sturdy beggars were those who were perfectly able bodied, and tho they may not have work right now, there was absolutely no reason to put them on the pile of those in genuine need, at least not long term. There circumstances had often been aggravated by their own actions.

Now, in these days, you fill a form in, and send it back to ones local security office. Sometimes they come and visit you and often ask for doctors reports, and stuff like that. For those who are inclined by nature to decieve, its quite easy to pull the wool over their eyes, as case after case bears witness to.

In the days of the Scottish Reformation however, the church took care of those in need, and to see exactly who were genuinely in need, those on hard time and in poverty were sent back to whre they had lived most of their lives, where people knew them and of their circumstances, so not much chance of pulling the wool over anyones eyes.

There was a report in an American publicaton not that long ago, which said if two or three of the better off in any place contributed towards those in real need, that poverty in America would be eradicated. And as far as the church goes centuries ago, it was the church who took care of its flock, based on the principles above.

So, Prime Minister Blair, you keep harping on about how money and resources are running out. We can all understand that under the present system. But if your govt and those in future was to renew the Covenant and tear down idols, like King Josiah did in 2 King's 23 we the people would submit to your authority, as it would be a huge step to turning our nation back to God. But you have tear down these idols Mr Blair, and fight to protect and defend not every Tom, Dick and Harriet's civil rights, but seek to protect the rights and crown of King Jesus.

Doc Martin said as the quote above. "Its the purpose of the church to lick the fur of the state." and I am currently sandpapering my tongue to try and get the govt to clean up their act! Be afraid Mr Blair. Be very afraid!!! |