Originally Posted by RickyD
No. Jesus was compassionate. A concept obviously lost on you.
So robbing someone at the point of a gun so you can keep 90% for yourself and your jackal buddies, and then give 10% to the poor (while telling them you did it all for them, so please support me in the next election) is an exercise in compassion??? Seems to me to be a violation of a couple of commandments.

Compassion is when one gives of their own accord, out of their own pocket, and to please God alone, not to secure their future position as a politician.