Affordable Care and Drones and Other Theological Ramblings

Fact – With the exception of a few years, my health insurance policy has changed.  Usually it increased in cost or costs remained the same but the deductible increased or some benefits decreased.  And insurance company profits usually remained constant or increased.  And, for some of my friends who had a tough couple of years health-wise, they found their insurance being dropped or having steep premium increases.  So what’s new with the few who are receiving notices of insurance changes supposedly due to the Affordable Care Act.  It is a good assumption to believe that the same percentage of people would have received increases or cancellation notices regardless of the legislation.  It sounds like greed to me!

 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a person's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."    Luke 12:15

Fact – Drones are horrible things as is anything that kills people – innocent or guilty.  Now if we follow the logic that we use drones and other weapons that kill so that others who do not like us don’t get a chance to kill us or our friends.  Then logically, we need to do bad things so that bad people don’t do bad things!  Yet will we ever get to dealing with the logical question that may lead to fewer people wanting to hurt us or our friends?  Why are they angry and mad at us and our friends?  Yes, there will always be nuts who just like doing violent things to inflate their egos or for some other psychotic reason.  Maybe here is the real problem that needs to be addressed.  86% of the world’s wealth is held by 10% of the world’s people (Credit Suisse Research).  On a national basis North America and Europe and Japan and Korea own 88% of the world’s wealth.  It is very interesting that most of the hatred comes from the 12%.  Maybe a little more generosity would cut the drone purchase defense budget line item.  I know, that’s foolishness!  I think that it says that God chose the foolish to shame the wisdom of the wise.

"And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."
Hebrews 13:16

^““34Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink…”  Matthew 25:14

Now there’s a real affordable health and life insurance policy!