I care about your health.

(really, I do).

I’m a Christian. I’m supposed to care about your health. I’m supposed to care about you. And lately, you’ve been sick, hurt and even dying. And I have not cared. And if I have cared, I haven’t backed that “caring” up with any actions. I’m a Christian. I should have been the first one to get together with a bunch of my “Christian” friends and taken care of you. I should have been willing to pay your bills. I should have been willing to do whatever I could to help you in your hour of need, regardless of the circumstances. But I didn’t do anything. So now you’re uncared for, bankrupt, or, worse, dead.

So, a bunch of people got sick (no pun intended) of waiting for conservative and religious types to put their money where their mouth is. They decided that since the people wanted the sick taken care of, and the people weren’t going to do it themselves, they would make it a function of the government.

Now, this is NOT the ideal solution. Really, wouldn’t you want to be taken care of by someone who was doing it out of love vs. doing it because they were getting paid for it? Yeah, me too. But I didn’t do anything about it. So, we have a lesser alternative; government-regulated healthcare. Which may or may not be all it’s cracked up to be. It may not even work out for them. It might be inefficient. It might even include things that I consider morally wrong.

But you know what? I’m not going to fight them. I might speak up and encourage them to make it better and more ethical. But I’m going to let them keep it. When I come up with a better idea and a bunch of people willing and ready to put it into action, I’ll get all of my “Christian” and other “religious” friends to vote down “Obamacare.” And then we’ll take care of you ourselves.

But until then, I’ll humbly thank a few pagans who got together and did my job for me.

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