为什么慈善、医院必须由教会负责? （中英文版）

慈善在基督教会原本是自愿的事，基督教会二千年历史上，从来没有强制募捐的记载，因为强制募捐不符合圣经的教义。可是当慈善事业被国家夺走后，成为法律，成为一种福利制度，这实际上就是对其他人的强制募捐，无论你是以税收的名义还是以其他方式。如果这些福利能够用于必须的地方，倒没什么，可是如今美国的大量福利，却用于好吃懒做之徒身上，反而鼓励了人类好逸恶劳的恶习，与真正的福利功能，基督教的慈善背道而驰。穷人受穷有很多原因，最良好的制度下也有穷人，当然良好制度下穷人，与邪恶制度下的穷人标准概念不同，邪恶制度下的穷人，很多是制度性的，你再勤劳也富裕不起来，而在良好制度下的穷人，很多是自己的原因，由于人性的贪婪堕落、好逸恶劳而贫穷，如果由于自己的原因而受穷，却认为政府福利是理所应当的，那么将形成一种恶性循环，每个人都等着政府救济，谁也不愿朝九晚五辛苦地去上班，那么就像我们前面章节所论述的，社会就陷入高福利的泥潭中。而慈善事业被政府收走之后，就成了一件理所当然的事，与原来基督教会的慈善性质完全不同，教会的慈善款是基督徒们自愿捐助的，行善时教会会极力引导你成为基督徒，即使成为不了基督徒也会对基督教有好感，而基督教本身就有劝诫的功能，告诉你人性是贪婪堕落的，每一个人都有好逸恶劳的倾向，只有通过信仰、通过上帝才可以获得拯救，人不应该任由自己贪婪堕落，应该自救。更主要是还会告诉你，这些福利是兄弟姐妹们节俭出来的，目的就是为了上帝的真义，让大家都感受到上帝的爱，感受到兄弟之爱，这与去政府部门领取福利，领完就走，是性质完全不同的两件事，一个体现兄弟之爱，一个是慷别人之慨的强制募捐，或者至少是为了维持社会稳定，这种非常现实的功能。

医院本来也是教会一项传统功能，曾经的教会医院遍地开花，给人类带来巨大的福音，给民众巨大的福利。可是医院被国家接管后，在医生的入职资格、医院的硬件上设置了高准入的门槛，加上医疗事故保险昂贵，使富裕如美国也出现看病难的现象，这岂不是咄咄怪事。其实治疗一些小病，根本就没必要那么高的入职门槛，这些小病社区的小门诊就可以就近解决，没必要非要到大医院去全面检查，忍受排队等候的煎熬。这一点，中国的社区小门诊我觉得非常有可取之处，方便简单，其实我们一般人患的大多数就是这些小病，拿点药，最多几瓶点滴也就治好了，为什么非要去大医院折腾？而且教会医院有着上千年的经验，可以设立自己标准，没必要在入职资格、硬件上设置过高的门槛，医疗保险的保费也没必要那么高。由于信仰，相信上帝在天上看着，相信每一位教会医生都不会辜负上帝的重托，都会凭良心做事，不会轻率地对待每一位病人，也许出现医疗事故后索赔的金额比较低，但无疑对许多无法去私立医院及时就诊，看病难的穷人，是一种救济方法。

The charity was voluntary in the Christian Church. In the two thousand years of the Christian Church’s history, there has never been any record of compulsory donation because it does not conform to the doctrine of the Bible. When charity is taken away by the state, it becomes law and a welfare system, which is actually a compulsory donation to others, whether in the name of tax or other ways. If this money can be used wherever necessary, it does not impact. But today, a lot of welfare in the United States is used for the lazy, the idle; it encourages the human’s evil habits of an easy life, which is contrary to the true welfare function and Christian charity. There are many reasons for many people suffering from poverty, and there are poor people even in the best system. Of course, poor people in the good system are different from those in the bad system. Many poor people under the bad system are Institutional Poverty. No matter how hard you work, you can’t get rich. And the poor in a good system is mostly due to their own reasons. Because of greed and degradation of human nature, their poverty is due to the greed and degradation of their human nature, loving leisure, and hating labor. If the poor suffer for their own reasons but think that the government welfare is taken for granted, then a vicious circle will be formed. Everyone waits for government relief, and no one wants to work hard nine-to-five. As discussed in the previous chapter, society will fall into the mire of high welfare. After the charity is taken away by the government, it becomes a matter of course. Unlike the original Christian Church, the church’s charity fund is donated by Christians voluntarily. When you receive charity, the church will try to enlighten you to become a Christian. Even if you can’t become a Christian, you will have Christian love. And Christianity itself has the function of Exhortation. They tell you that human nature is greedy and degenerate; everyone tends to love leisure and hate labor. Only through faith and through God can you be saved. You should not let yourself fall into greed and degeneration; you should be saved by yourself through God. More importantly, the church will also tell you that this charity is saved by brothers and sisters who pursue God’s real meaning; its purpose is to make everyone feel the love of God and the love of brothers. And the government relief is another pair of shoes; people receive welfare from the government department and leave off naturally. Charity reflects the love of brothers. And government relief is a compulsory donation; costing other’s property to embody politician generosity, at any rate, is to maintain social stability, a very realistic function.