mrstickball on 10 June 2012
Neither, necessarily.
However, the Bible outlines social welfare as being a key component of Christianity, not government. Even during the Levitical government, God specifically outlined how social welfare was to be taken care of - the people were to take a portion of their income, and give it to the poor and needy.
In the New Testament, you find a similar situation. Social welfare was one of the first issues tackled by the early church in Acts 5.
To take that away from Christians and make it part of government isn't entirely "Satan", but it certainly allows for the breeding of complacency among Christians, and is vastly inefficient compared to people giving of their time and money to help the needy.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
