Who Speaks For God?

The Second Test Of Politics: Community
In this section, the author blames many sources for the gap between the rich and poor. One of the sources he points to is gamblers. He refers to them as "socially irresponsible and greedy gamesmen". I don't think that gamblers are a source that is causing this large class discrepancy. Calling gamblers a source of the problem is like calling professional sports players a source of them problem as well. In most cases, people who become rich from gambling have put the time and effort into their skill that is necessary to earn their winnings. They may be greedy, but so is the rest of the world. As far as irresponsible goes, the only gamblers who are irresponsible are the many that lose their money habitually. In that case, most gamblers are only widening the gap by putting themselves on the poor side of the spectrum. Some gamblers also stumble upon big winnings without any skill. If this was bad then so would the lottery. The author says that gamblers shouldn't be admired. I find it somewhat admirable that people have enough confidence in their skill to put their own money on the line to earn more. It isn't much more different than the stock market.
The author also addresses homosexuals in this section. As a pastor that quoted the Bible numerous times in this book, I was expecting him to quote a passage in which it says marriage was established by God between one man and one woman. Instead, he refers to standard ideas of marriage as a "longstanding and deeply rooted concept of marriage as being between a man and a woman". I find it a tad odd that he couldn't find a single passage to quote referring to marriage. Instead, he calls our ideas of marriage simply a "deeply rooted" idea that is just society's norm, minimizing fact that it is God's law. the author also speaks about abortion. He claims that there is a "middle ground" between pro-choice and pro-life women. There differences between the two seem to be a little too extreme to find a middle ground between them.

TOTAL READING TIME: 36 hrs.

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