If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus is just as selfish as we are or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition. And then admit that we just don’t want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (b. 1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian

“Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat,” The Colbert Report (16 Dec 2010)

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