Tony Campolo makes the argument that if we will throw more tax money at poverty, then we will lower the abortion rates. Russell Moore says that throwing money at poverty isn’t going to fix it. He also states that if given a choice between a liberal politician who wants universal health care, but is pro-choice, and a politician who is against universal health care and is pro-life, he is going to vote for the pro-life candidate. Both men agree that poverty is a serious issue in America. Both men agree that there is a Christian response to the issue. The difference is that Russell Moore thinks the pro-life issue is more important than poverty and Tony Campolo thinks the exact opposite. What say you? I agree with Moore and with what one of his callers said:
Where I take issue with Dr. Campolo is that the solution is not more
government. But, I can give Dr. Campolo what the solution is, or what at least
part of the solution is in terms of the economic problems, and that is, a lot of
people don’t realize that what we, as Christians, spend in soft drinks. We spend
20 billion dollars a year in soft drinks. We can feed every single starving
person on the planet…I’m not talking in the United States, but on the planet,
for an entire year. So, that doesn’t even include things like Starbucks, things
like cable tv, you know, a lot of those things that we consider necesities, if
we did without them, just the Christians in the United States, we could end
poverty, we could end the lack of education, we could end a lot of things over
the entire world. So, the solution is not more government. It’s more Christian
charity, and that really comes down to each and every one of us. http://www.albertmohler.com/radio_play.php?cdate=2006-07-21Perhaps, he is a bit idealistic on what we can realistically do for the world, but I think he is heading the right direction with his solution.Joseph Botwinick
