3 thoughts on “Why are Young Americans Flocking to Bernie?”

  1. Young Americans are flocking to Bernie because they have been brainwashed by the secular humanism that has taken over education in the United States. Therefore, among other things, they are ignorant of economic realities. They believe that the truly impossible dream of Utopia is actually possible–and they “feel good” about themselves in their ignorance. That’s why!

  2. Bernie Sanders’ message echos Jesus’ in 2 key ways:

    1. The wealthy should be generous to others.

    2. We should broaden our definition of neighbor to include more then the people who live in the house beside our own.

    These are not easy challenges to accept (or commands to obey in Jesus’ case). So we should not be surprised that so few consider themselves Bernie Sanders supporters or followers of Jesus.

    1. E. Calvin Beisner

      Stefan, thanks for sharing your thoughts. The Bible teaches that every individual should give generously and willingly to people in need. It does not command that any individual, or any group of individuals (of which a state is one example), to forcibly take from some to give to others. In short, we are to be generous with our own possessions, not with others’. Sanders’s message, therefore, doesn’t echo Jesus’ message but contradicts it. Let me recommend that, to gain a thoroughly Biblical understanding of economics and of aid for the poor, you read my book Prosperity and Poverty: The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World of Scarcity (out of print, but available used at very low cost–as little as a penny!–at https://www.amazon.com/Prosperity-Poverty-Compassionate-Resources-Christian/dp/0891074996/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462213988&sr=8-1&keywords=Beisner%2C+Prosperity+and+Poverty).

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