Why is it that many of us so-called "religious" folks (remember how James defines "pure religion"?) claim a "spiritualized" salvation on the basis of grace (i.e. receiving good that we don't deserve, haven't earned and can't afford) yet operate all other (i.e. "non-spiritual"?) areas of life -- government, business, education, etc. -- on the basis of law (i.e. receiving only what we deserve, have earned and can afford)?
This article about religious physicians and poor patients seems to me to be but one more illustration of this widespread phenomenon, surely not limited to physicians alone.
Jesus has something to say about this. If eternal damnation for sin is comparable to a debt of 10,000 talents (or, according to my math, over 150,000 years' wages), what are our dollars and hours worth by comparison? 100 days' wages?
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