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..or be at home in Hell ?
It is very easy to avoid an uncomfortable truth. However, for those unafraid to ask difficult questions of themselves, read on.
Who is rich? If one defines being rich as having an unequal balance of wealth and also that in Gods all seeing eyes comparisons work not only on a local, and national level but also on an international footing, then the parameters of judgement are wide indeed for inhabitants of the 1st World.
Those who are held up as the greatest of figures under the auspices of the Capitalist system. Those captains of industries, the millionaire presidents and financiers; iconic media moguls and the brightest stars of entertainment royalty, are according to the Christian doctrine, esteemed least in the eyes of God:
"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Matthew 19:24
"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."
Proverbs 11:1
Are you for real? You goofy christians never cease to amaze. The only "hell" is sharing air with you stupid fucks.
Feel free to sever your air supply at any time.
It is quite necessary that such scripture and sentiments attributable directly to Jesus of Nazareth be omitted, or explained away in contemporary sermon, for they are so incongruous and upsetting to the status quo of religious establishment to represent a direct threat
If money is the root of all evil; why do church's beg for it?
Cecilie1200...
Not only does the mere possession of an inequality of wealth beget sin, both through the defence of that iniquity, and the maintenance of artificial structures to maintain the resultant class riddled society, but it denotes a certain greed within the character of the individual who possesses the riches.
I notice how keen you are to defend the notion that the rich are overflowing with all the best attributes of Christian rectitude, whereas those who are poor represent the real evil, and should be castigated for not cheering enthusiastically enough from the sidelines at how fortunate their exploiters have been.
And for not being grateful enough that the entrepreneurs on high have been diligently "helping those less fortunate in character, by teaching hard work, thrift, and responsibility."
Isnt it a fact, you have taken the purity of Christs sentiment and twisted it to an inverse conclusion?
While Christ says the rich are lost in Hell, Cecilie1200 says the rich are virtuous examples of humanitarianism and philanthropy
While Christ says Blessed are the Poor, Cecilie1200 says the poor are "less fortunate in character"
Its quite clear from your muddled and perverse contribution Cecilie1200 that it is not Christianity which is the driving factor in your position but the defence of the profit system, and all that comes with it.
Ironically you are the very sort who has most to gain from the scripture on this issue, and also, as your post displays, the most likely to be threatened by it.
I repeat:It is quite necessary that such scripture and sentiments attributable directly to Jesus of Nazareth be omitted, or explained away in contemporary sermon, for they are so incongruous and upsetting to the status quo of religious establishment to represent a direct threat
Cecilie1200...
Not only does the mere possession of an inequality of wealth beget sin, both through the defence of that iniquity, and the maintenance of artificial structures to maintain the resultant class riddled society, but it denotes a certain greed within the character of the individual who possesses the riches.
I notice how keen you are to defend the notion that the rich are overflowing with all the best attributes of Christian rectitude, whereas those who are poor represent the real evil, and should be castigated for not cheering enthusiastically enough from the sidelines at how fortunate their exploiters have been. And for not being grateful enough that the entrepreneurs on high have been diligently "helping those less fortunate in character, by teaching hard work, thrift, and responsibility."
Isnt it a fact, you have taken the purity of Christs sentiment and twisted it to an inverse conclusion?
While Christ says the rich are lost in Hell, Cecilie1200 says the rich are virtuous examples of humanitarianism and philanthropy
While Christ says Blessed are the Poor, Cecilie1200 says the poor are "less fortunate in character"
Its quite clear from your muddled and perverse contribution Cecilie1200 that it is not Christianity which is the driving factor in your position but the defence of the profit system, and all that comes with it.
Ironically you are the very sort who has most to gain from the scripture on this issue, and also, as your post displays, the most likely to be threatened by it.
I repeat:It is quite necessary that such scripture and sentiments attributable directly to Jesus of Nazareth be omitted, or explained away in contemporary sermon, for they are so incongruous and upsetting to the status quo of religious establishment to represent a direct threat
If money is the root of all evil; why do church's beg for it?
That's a misquote. No one ever said money was the root of all evil. The correct quote is "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil." In other words, it's back to what I've been saying: putting money and material goods ahead of God is the problem, not the money and material goods themselves.
Rich is a relative term.
Also, as a Christian, I am aware that the word Hell is Greek for death. The Book of Revelations talks of a physical hell, but nobody knows for sure how literal or symbolic that book is. It's the most imaginative book in the Bible, for sure, and is quite frightening, even to a Christian.
But hell, to me, means death--cut off from God. I think eternal life comes from those who are Saved by Jesus Christ. I think the rest just die, forever cutoff from God, but I don't think they are tormented eternally in a lake of fire.
Cecilie1200: " The only greed I see here is evidenced by YOUR sinful envy of those with more money than you. "
Cecilie1200: "You want to make generalized assertions about "the mere possession of an inequality of wealth begets sin", I want to see some hard evidence, because I'm sure not taking YOUR word for it"
No one has Ascended to Heaven except Jesus.