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Paying off our nation’s debt is a spiritual issue

Bill Ellis | Mar 29, 2012 | Comments (0)

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And so now, as often happens, we meet at the intersection of religion and politics streets. Representative Paul Ryan’s budget committee of the U.S. House has produced a budget that cuts 5.3 trillion dollars from projected deficits over the next decade, a formidable number that does not erase the...

Topics: Politics, Government & Politics
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant/Other, Judaism
Tags: jubliee and hebrew bible, paul ryan, paying off nation's debt, rev. bill ellis, taxes, u.s. debt

Rev. Bill Ellis

Rev. Bill Ellis is intrigued by how the Bible was put together. How come some texts were included and some weren’t? What about the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Gnostic Gospels? What does the inclusion and exclusion of certain texts mean, exactly? These are the questions that keep his wheels turning and...
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The left is jubilant that Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his vice president running mate. The argument seems to be that Americans, by a significant majority, do not agree with the values that Ryan holds, particularly the values that are actually reflected in the “Ryan budget.”
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Paul Ryan bucks church, backs gay adoption

David Gibson | Religion News Service | May 1, 2013

Republican congressman Paul Ryan, who has touted his Catholic faith as evidence of his social as well as economic conservatism, has come out in favor of gay couples adopting children — a significant break with the Catholic hierarchy, which has even shut down adoption services rather than placing children with same-sex couples.
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