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Chapter 1: Who is Charlie Kirk and what is the purpose of this Texas A&M event?
Hey everybody, happy Sunday. My conversation at Texas A&M and a speech that people really loved in front of nearly 3,000 people. We talk about Christianity, the need to believe in God, the necessity of believing in God, and we have some debates with a pirate and two young black men that disagree. Email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com and subscribe to the Charlie Kirk Show podcast.
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I was like, there's something about an intro at a Texas A&M football game that is almost metaphysical, I got to tell you. So that was really special, everybody. All right, we're going to have some fun tonight. Thank you to the great Turning Point USA chapter leaders for putting this together and our Turning Point USA chapter.
Also, I'm obligated to say this, we are hiring at Turning Point USA as well, so if you want to work for us, we would love to have you work with us at Turning Point. Talk for a little bit, then we'll do questions. And by the way, this is the big, I think the biggest campus event we've ever done in Turning Point history. Look at this, this is amazing. The people are all the way up here. Incredible.
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Chapter 2: Why is Christianity foundational to Western values and society?
I feel like taking away and advocating for reducing welfare and advocating for kids not having free and reduced lunches and not wanting to expand that program, that kind of seems antithetical to the whole message of Jesus, in my opinion.
Yeah, so you're fine. Fair enough. You're ascribing an intent with our public policy position. Let me be clear. Welfare should be a should be a hand up. It should be a safety net, not a hammock is the best way I could possibly put it. But I understand the scriptures equally say if a man does not work, he shall not eat repeatedly. Paul says it said throughout Proverbs.
But I guess the question we both want to help people. Right. What is the best way to help people? So we have a case study over 60 years. Is it good for people to be permanently on government assistance? It's not. It's really bad. It's bad for them. It's bad for their families. It's bad for their psyche. Bad for their soul. Bad for everyone. So then what is the solution?
And we have to ask the question, like, has welfare, since we've started this project in the 60s, good intentions, made us a better country? It really hasn't, actually. Number one, I think a vast majority of what the state does, not the state of Texas, but the state, should and can be done by churches and local municipalities.
I fully agree that we should help everyone in need, but the first cause to do that should be private charities and churches, not the government. We should not outsource our compassion to the federal government. It should be, first and foremost, the local churches.
Secondly... Do more than they currently do? Say that again. I can't hear what you're saying.
Would you call for the church to do more than they currently do? Oh, of course. Absolutely. But this is what's important. The church does less as the state does more. We see this in Europe. Europe basically has shrunk the church where it is just a husk of its former self, and it's basically do a couple services, and they do almost very little charity.
And the reason being is because the government is so big. And they'll just say, oh, the government will provide the health care and the government will provide this and that. So the church doesn't feel compelled to do that. Said differently, the bigger the government, the smaller the church. So when you grow government, your church becomes small. We want a big church and a small government.
We want the church to be more involved, more active. And so if I were just, and I think we both want to help people. So hypothetically, would I rather have somebody go to a church to go get fed or rather get food stamps? 10 out of 10 times to a church. More human connection. They might get saved in the process. It's better for the church.
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