Jesus believed in sharing the wealth.

[PoliticalChic]

No he didn't.

But you show Jesus as a leftie! Well, left handed!

Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

 

[PoliticalChic]

" Heaven, in decreeing man to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow"

Invoking an Old Testament, religious precept for a basis of action in the modern world is questionable at most.

The Bible is the wisdom of the West. It is from the precepts of the Bible that the legal systems of the West have been developed- systems, worked out over millennia, for dealing with inequality, with injustice, with greed, reducible t that which Christians call the Golden Rule, and the Jews had propounded as “That which is hateful to you, don not do to your neighbor.” It is these rules and laws which form a framework which allows the individual foreknowledge of that which is permitted and that which is forbidden.
David Mamet, "The Secret Knowledge," chapter seven.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Jesus is only showing what a real chrisitan and a true follower of God should be like, we can see there are no real christians here.

If only you had the gift of irony.

That post, with that avi.....

....priceless!

 

[PoliticalChic]

help is right around the corner at your local church, if your a member.

"Last year Americans gave $300 billion to charity. To put this into perspective, that is almost twice what we spent on consumer electronics equipment—equipment including cell phones, iPods and DVD players. Americans gave three times as much to charity last year as we spent on gambling and ten times as much as we spent on professional sports. America is by far the most charitable country in the world. There is no other country that comes close."
https://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2010&month=01

 

[Liability]

LOL. Not even midnight yet, and note the number of 'Conservatives' denying the message of Christ at the top of their voices.

Not at all, Old Crock.

Just denying the deliberately false spin.

Jesus said what He thought we all SHOULD do.
Jesus never commanded anybody in government to confiscate property or wealth from anybody in order to perform the redistribution of wealth.

It's bad enough that you lie so much. You really shouldn't do it in the name of the Divine.

 

[there4eyeM]

"Who decided on your way of earning a living?
Who insisted that you take, and keep your current job?
Who forbid you from leaving your job and location to seek other, better employment?
How did you decide that you were worth more than you currently get?
Who is preventing you from opening your own business?
Why are you unable to understand this: 'It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
These are rhetorical...you need not answer."

There is a difference between existential truth and the human condition many have to live with, as you well know.

Is it cruelty or provocation that makes you as these questions?

Of course it is always understood that no one need answer.

 

[there4eyeM]

No he didn't.

But you show Jesus as a leftie! Well, left handed!

Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Ahh, but there is a more recent covenant. It is sometimes good to conserve the past and at the same time liberate oneself.

 

[PoliticalChic]

"Who decided on your way of earning a living?
Who insisted that you take, and keep your current job?
Who forbid you from leaving your job and location to seek other, better employment?
How did you decide that you were worth more than you currently get?
Who is preventing you from opening your own business?
Why are you unable to understand this: 'It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
These are rhetorical...you need not answer."

There is a difference between existential truth and the human condition many have to live with, as you well know.

Is it cruelty or provocation that makes you as these questions?

Of course it is always understood that no one need answer.

"...many have to live with,..."

Some are stronger than other.

 

[PoliticalChic]

But you show Jesus as a leftie! Well, left handed!

Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Ahh, but there is a more recent covenant. It is sometimes good to conserve the past and at the same time liberate oneself.

Did I miss that in the Gospels, Eye-gore?

 

[Ariux]

Reprobate Christianity: Invoking the Bible to justify the government stealing to subsidize the lazy.

That Bible doesn't advocate sharing through taxes. And, the Bible doesn't advocate giving charity to the lazy.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”

And they were amazed at him.

 

[kaz]

help is right around the corner at your local church, if your a member.

"Last year Americans gave $300 billion to charity. To put this into perspective, that is almost twice what we spent on consumer electronics equipment—equipment including cell phones, iPods and DVD players. Americans gave three times as much to charity last year as we spent on gambling and ten times as much as we spent on professional sports. America is by far the most charitable country in the world. There is no other country that comes close."
https://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2010&month=01

In the Indonesian Tsunami, we were blasted for our cheapness because all the left counted was government charity. American individuals gave far more than our government. On the other hand, Euro socialists gave almost nothing other than government, they consider charity's job to be government's.

Liberalism is a ridiculous ideology, charity other then government doesn't count and giving someone else's money away is more virtuous then giving your own. I'll never be like that no matter how hard they push the ridiculous cop out that I'm making too hard on myself by advocating my own values, doing my own research and giving my own money. And unlike government programs, making a difference.

 

[Ariux]

Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”

And they were amazed at him.

Lieseeker, you have shit for brains. Jesus wasn't advocating taxes, let alone sharing through taxes (the phrase I used). Jesus was advocating complying with the law (so that the God Damned Jews wouldn't use his objection to paying taxes as an excuse to get Rome to punish him).

 

[PoliticalChic]

help is right around the corner at your local church, if your a member.

"Last year Americans gave $300 billion to charity. To put this into perspective, that is almost twice what we spent on consumer electronics equipment—equipment including cell phones, iPods and DVD players. Americans gave three times as much to charity last year as we spent on gambling and ten times as much as we spent on professional sports. America is by far the most charitable country in the world. There is no other country that comes close."
https://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2010&month=01

In the Indonesian Tsunami, we were blasted for our cheapness because all the left counted was government charity. American individuals gave far more than our government. On the other hand, Euro socialists gave almost nothing other than government, they consider charity's job to be government's.

Liberalism is a ridiculous ideology, charity other then government doesn't count and giving someone else's money away is more virtuous then giving your own. I'll never be like that no matter how hard they push the ridiculous cop out that I'm making too hard on myself by advocating my own values, doing my own research and giving my own money. And unlike government programs, making a difference.

And we have a President who represents that view of charity...and is attempting to limit the ability to deduct contributions.


Democrat Party...the party of slavery, segregation, sedition, and secularism.

 

[Liability]

Modern day libbies contend that Jesus ADVOCATED stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

 

[there4eyeM]

"Who decided on your way of earning a living?
Who insisted that you take, and keep your current job?
Who forbid you from leaving your job and location to seek other, better employment?
How did you decide that you were worth more than you currently get?
Who is preventing you from opening your own business?
Why are you unable to understand this: 'It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
These are rhetorical...you need not answer."

There is a difference between existential truth and the human condition many have to live with, as you well know.

Is it cruelty or provocation that makes you as these questions?

Of course it is always understood that no one need answer.

"...many have to live with,..."

Some are stronger than other.

Straight out of Ayn Rand. Good girl, now go back to high school cheer leading and pseudo intellectualism.
Or, go work unloading bananas in the summer heat on the docks with big, strong, sweating workers so you can earn enough for tuition and food.
Open your own business and sweat out the days when no one comes into your shop and the bills pile up.
Or move to another country, another culture and another language and try to save a relationship while working your butt off, only to have the business destroyed by two towers tumbling half way round the world.
When ideals and credos, doctrines and ideologies run into human reality, the only reality there is, humanity trumps in any real human.

 

[there4eyeM]

Reprobate Christianity: Invoking the Bible to justify the government stealing to subsidize the lazy.

That Bible doesn't advocate sharing through taxes. And, the Bible doesn't advocate giving charity to the lazy.

How 'in Heaven's name' would you know what the Bible says? You don't even understand the very simple message of Jesus.
LOVE!
You are eaten with hate and seek to spread it to others.
You are dead.
You can still be resurrected. The truth Jesus spoke of can set you free and give you life.
And, mind you, this comes from someone who is not a Christian.

 

[Ariux]

Reprobate Christianity: Invoking the Bible to justify the government stealing to subsidize the lazy.

That Bible doesn't advocate sharing through taxes. And, the Bible doesn't advocate giving charity to the lazy.

How 'in Heaven's name' would you know what the Bible says? You don't even understand the very simple message of Jesus.
LOVE!

There's no love in advocating government theft or in subsidizing bad behavior. And, contrary to what you've might have heard, Christianity isn't just about love.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Jesus believed in sharing the wealth.

Yabut, Jesus was a Christian with a capital C.

We don't have any of those any more.

All we have now are idiots who would beat up an 83 year old woman because she spit on another old woman. Oh wiat, we also have some weirdos who believe in Magic Underwear and in stealing every cent Americans have so they can invest in foreign countries.

I wonder - Will we ever again see Christians, with a capital C?

Not if the Magic Underwear freaks get what they want.

 

[whitehall]

If the left is going to make a political statement about the doctrines Jesus taught it seems to me the left should be more tolerant of Christianity today.