Welfare Religion

Someday I might be able to reword the chorus to better reflect the fact that "Welfare Religion" refers to the fact that what is called Christianity in the U.S. is really pseudo-Christianity, the belief that all you have to do to be saved is to believe something, in other words, you get something for nothing. Which is not what Jesus said. See Matthew 25. When I worked at Waffle House between IT jobs, I had co-workers who were Christians from Egypt, and they had the same observation.

Welfare Religion
copyright Patricia M. Shannon 1996

What would Jesus think if He came to earth today?
Do you think He would be happy with all the folks who say:
"I am saved, alleluia, and I'll live forever more".
But they would never think of giving comfort to the poor.

They say they believe in Jesus and the Bible is all true,
but they ignore what He did say in Chapter 25 of Matthew:
What you do for the less fortunate, you've done it unto Me,
and where you go after you're dead depends upon your deeds.

They say "I feel so good because I have been born again.
And what's that got to do with how I treat my fellow men?
Jesus loves me, this I know, He loves only myself;
it's true, because He doesn't care how I treat anybody else.

I believe in Jesus, no need to change my ways,
just massage His ego once or twice a day.
I believe in Jesus, that is all it takes,
to get me into heaven, the perfect welfare state.