We as a nation - a proudly, increasingly loudly Christian nation -- have somehow convinced ourselves that the selfish choice is usually the moral one, as well. (What a deal!) You know how this works: It's wrong to help poor people because "handouts'' reward dependency and thus hurt more than they help. So, do the right thing - that is, walk right on by -- and by all means hang on to your hard-earned cash.
But in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we have seen - and been unable to look away from -- the direct result of this self-deception. And if such "tell-me-I'm-dreaming' scenes as rats feeding on corpses in the streets - American streets -- isn't enough to make us rethink the public policy implications of turning the Gospel on its head in this way, then truly, God help us.
For more, read Overturning the Gospels
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