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Do you think people have a right to make claims on the Society through Government programs, I E The Public Good.

Public Goods are resources that can be sustained by society and are adequate to the needs of the members of society In the particular time and it’s near future that, SHOULD benefit everyone, Without taking from anyone. Such as :

Postal Service
(A Public Institution Central to building United States. Older Than U S Government Itself. Formed In 1775. Currently Post Master General is trying privatize. Once privatized it no longer be a public good.)
Construction
Education
Health Care
Environmental Disasters
(Fire fighting used to be privatized)
Domestic Defense
Food & Drug Safety
Personal Protection
Pollution Control
Poison Control
Waste Disposal
Clean Drinking Water
Electricity

JUSTICE : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments
//meting out justice
//social justice.

The core belief of Christianity is that Jesus is Lord and that Jesus's crucifixion saves people from hell. The nature of this atonement has been understood in various different ways throughout history. Here are some. Please read & list the theory that you subscribe to.

Substitutionary atonement (aka vicarious atonement): the belief that Christ took our punishment that we deserve. He died instead of us.

Satisfaction theory of atonement: "Christ redeemed humanity through making satisfaction (compensation) for humankind's disobedience through his own supererogatory obedience." (Basically, his obedience compensated for humanity's disobedience.)

Moral influence theory of atonement: The crucifixion provided an example of God's love for us, which will draw us to love God in return.

Moral example theory of atonement: The crucifixion provided an example of how we should live: loving God and others, even to the extent of giving up our own lives if necessary.

Ransom theory of atonement: common in the early church. Believed that "the death of Christ was a ransom sacrifice paid to Satan, in satisfaction for the bondage and debt on the souls of humanity as a result of inherited sin."