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happyslug

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121. I hate to nit pick, that passage has NOTHING to do with Government
Tue Dec 3, 2013, 03:21 AM
Dec 2013

The story is that people should help each other, not just look a ways to help oneself.

The phase cited is when a person asked Jesus to intervene with that person's brother to share the inheritance. Jesus said not and used the story of the Farmer and his barns to explain WHY he said no.

The farmer, with his bounty, tore down his barns and build bigger ones, but did NOTHING in regards to the people around him. The failure to help others with his bounty was a sin, for the Farmer valued the bounty more then he did GOD and this was seen in the Farmer's failure to take care of others. Jesus was trying to teach that money is NOT what God Values, but what God values is how you help others.




Read the fucking Book dickhead. Turbineguy Dec 2013 #1
Catholicism isn't really about The Bible. stopbush Dec 2013 #114
You're right. Borchkins Dec 2013 #126
Wrong. There are 3 readings daily from the Bible for every Catholic Mass. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #128
That is a very nice post. NCarolinawoman Dec 2013 #156
May I remind you that the Pope is INFALLABLE? maxsolomon Dec 2013 #2
I think he was right in the money on this one. Pope is a liberal, so was J.C. olddad56 Dec 2013 #67
+1. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #135
Is Moseley actually a Catholic? nxylas Dec 2013 #72
Actually not. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #79
I don't think you understand the concept of "infallibility" pertaining to the pope. It Cal33 Dec 2013 #81
I don't think you understand that my post was a joke. maxsolomon Dec 2013 #146
The pope is only infallible when speaking Ex cathedra. Those pronucements are very rare Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #136
A pope hasn't spoken Ex Cathedra in decades. Mz Pip Dec 2013 #141
Seriously man Scairp Dec 2013 #158
The Pope is infallible only when speaking Ex Cathedra Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #167
that's some powerful stupid there - n/t Locrian Dec 2013 #3
Except didn't Jesus ask his followers to give up their worldly goods CJCRANE Dec 2013 #4
Didn't he say it was easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle Ace Acme Dec 2013 #33
Probably a mistranslation. A single letter distinguished "camel" from eridani Dec 2013 #123
Actually, there is (or was) a gate from Jerusalem called the Eye of the Needle.... Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #129
That's a bit revisionist Sgent Dec 2013 #185
Yes, and he told them to pay their taxes, too Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #85
But it's God's paper money, can't you see? Ace Acme Dec 2013 #98
"In God we trust" is the US national motto Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #100
Are you trying to imply that God isn't an American? DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #116
I can easily be mistaken about this. WinstonSmith4740 Dec 2013 #104
He was actually attempting to avoid getting torn to shreds by an anti-Roman mob or eridani Dec 2013 #124
And Jesus told the rich young man to sell all that he had, give it to the poor, and come follow him. Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #106
Liars Augiedog Dec 2013 #5
+1 freshwest Dec 2013 #101
Jesus + heaven = make believe stopbush Dec 2013 #6
link please leftyohiolib Dec 2013 #10
Here ya go: stopbush Dec 2013 #15
Thanks for that link! NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #52
That site's blog agrees with the Pope. rug Dec 2013 #82
Or maybe The Pope reads that site... stopbush Dec 2013 #83
People criticizing other people's beliefs equals reality. CBGLuthier Dec 2013 #14
Like politics... as they exist nowhere but our imaginations. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #37
Samuel Johnson, speaking circa 1760 Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #168
Just when you think they cannot say anything SoapBox Dec 2013 #7
The Stupid! It burns! n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #170
Tea Party types do not believe in Jesus or the Bible Gothmog Dec 2013 #8
As long as it enables them christx30 Dec 2013 #27
Fat lot of good he's going to do up in heaven. Orrex Dec 2013 #9
Jesus is coming and boy is he pissed! Ace Acme Dec 2013 #35
Don't forget jehop61 Dec 2013 #11
I have dgibby Dec 2013 #70
Cuccinelli + Catholicism = Virginia + Tea Party MNBrewer Dec 2013 #71
Cuccinelli + Virginia + Tea Party = Demo Sweep Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #86
That, too! MNBrewer Dec 2013 #119
Teahadists know nothing about Jesus Christ. nt onehandle Dec 2013 #12
They got it wrong...... trusty elf Dec 2013 #122
Meanwhile in heaven albino65 Dec 2013 #13
What you have done to the least of these, you have done unto me Maeve Dec 2013 #16
best way to reply to a fundy: in their own language. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #56
Isaiah 32 :5-8 Bandit Dec 2013 #62
From King James version Bandit Dec 2013 #64
Isaiah kicked some biblical ass, didn't he? n/t bitchkitty Dec 2013 #171
Maybe JC's weeping because Moseley can't read. nyquil_man Dec 2013 #17
Quite possible!! nt Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #130
He's referring to Luke >>>> Roland99 Dec 2013 #18
its called cherry picking weissmam Dec 2013 #25
It's even worse than that, really! Roland99 Dec 2013 #26
"not rich toward God"....this is what pukes will never understand: BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #59
Total misinterpretation Dollysmom Dec 2013 #60
Exactly. Great post and welcome, Dollysmom! The Wielding Truth Dec 2013 #65
And welcome Dollysmom zeemike Dec 2013 #76
welcome to du.... madrchsod Dec 2013 #84
Welcome to DU blue14u Dec 2013 #96
I hate to nit pick, that passage has NOTHING to do with Government happyslug Dec 2013 #121
Yep Dollysmom Dec 2013 #139
He's not weeping. He's too busy deciding which football teams get to play in bowl games this year. progressoid Dec 2013 #19
Jesus sure did want Auburn to beat Alabama last Saturday. olddad56 Dec 2013 #68
:>))))))))))))))))) pangaia Dec 2013 #80
HILARIOUS underpants Dec 2013 #90
Bwahahahhahahaha! Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #20
I thought there was no SADNESS in Heaven? So no TEARS, right?? JoePhilly Dec 2013 #21
Remember that op-ed that argued Goldman Sachs is holier than Mother Theresa? Dopers_Greed Dec 2013 #22
Are they trying to make more atheists? tblue Dec 2013 #23
wow weissmam Dec 2013 #24
YES! Just look at how Jesus loved on those capitalists in the Temple courts! Oh wait. Never mind! yellowcanine Dec 2013 #28
I don't think capitalism even existed back then. Rozlee Dec 2013 #47
But they were practising the greed and corruption part. nt Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #131
Probably the real story behind the actual execution of Jesus. Rozlee Dec 2013 #137
It was the ONLY time he ever went OFF on anyone like this. There was a point to this. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #157
I have no idea what you interpreted from my post. Rozlee Dec 2013 #169
According to the Bible, Jesus fashioned a scourge and went about beating his stopbush Dec 2013 #95
Cool story. You invented it from nothing, but I like your style. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #117
I'm not that creative. The story has many sources: stopbush Dec 2013 #118
Thanks for the link. It's informative. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #120
My point was that back in the day, the Jews accepted the exchange rate fee stopbush Dec 2013 #143
Not completely, but he is taking the side of the money changers. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #133
NOT fellow human beings as it were - Money Launderers who constantly overcharged during the exchange Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #132
According to one Jewish-sourced site I referenced above, stopbush Dec 2013 #147
There ARE many churches that operate on a business model and for various reasons. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #159
They hate Catholics SansACause Dec 2013 #29
for the Red Scare, everything they said about the Commies was what they'd been saying about the Jews MisterP Dec 2013 #50
Sorry Loser colsohlibgal Dec 2013 #30
Guy probably doesn't remember Jesus and the moneylenders sakabatou Dec 2013 #31
rec'd because xtain nonsense should be broadly displayed.... mike_c Dec 2013 #32
They just have no idea what's in that book, do they? Arkana Dec 2013 #34
Oh please! Iliyah Dec 2013 #36
Remember when Jesus called the Caananite woman a dog? stopbush Dec 2013 #94
Remember when Jesus cursed the fig tree? nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #99
In many respects, Jesus was a fairly loathsome creature. stopbush Dec 2013 #113
That was a later interpolation in an era where Mithraism was a serious competitor to Christianity eridani Dec 2013 #127
So sayeth the Cha Dec 2013 #38
No! Jesus is weeping in heaven because heaven05 Dec 2013 #39
Better to go with a Protestant preacher of "personal prosperity". Bible be damned. n/t pampango Dec 2013 #40
Catholic School 50 years ago HockeyMom Dec 2013 #41
Just one verse Mr. Sabbath Dec 2013 #42
Lucifer is snickering in Hell over Moseley's twisted defense of capitalism Jessy169 Dec 2013 #43
Well, here is some other New Testament stuff mindem Dec 2013 #44
None of which actually refutes Moseley's central point nxylas Dec 2013 #74
Jesus Christ never lived in a nation like ours and did not advocate overthrow of the ones He did jwirr Dec 2013 #45
Only in America would the public tolerate this crap. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #46
Hey, Catholic League guy! Are you going to put up with this shit? Paladin Dec 2013 #48
That is a great point. Where is he? hrmjustin Dec 2013 #51
The Jesus I worship is not a conservative. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #49
"Teasus" KansDem Dec 2013 #53
Ridiculous Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #63
Well, there's always this one... KansDem Dec 2013 #138
Unexpected Pope Bonus: JHB Dec 2013 #54
The gummint . . . Dollysmom Dec 2013 #55
Here is a good cartoon about the tea party and Jesus Gothmog Dec 2013 #57
Actually, there was a response from Jesus mindem Dec 2013 #58
I truly dislike religion Buck Stopin Harry Dec 2013 #61
Welcome to DU blue14u Dec 2013 #105
thanks much Blue Buck Stopin Harry Dec 2013 #145
And then there is this... Sophiegirl Dec 2013 #66
Obama stated it so succinctly in 2008 rurallib Dec 2013 #69
LOL riverbendviewgal Dec 2013 #73
So what chapter and which verse? These two Bible aspects are strangely absent. That's what 12 years mulsh Dec 2013 #75
Christ does like to appear in a lot of store bought food items Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #77
Mr. Moseley is a major nut job jberryhill Dec 2013 #78
These idiots are dumber than a box of rocks.... Swede Atlanta Dec 2013 #87
Pic and website underpants Dec 2013 #88
If arrogance had a face, this is what it would look like. QuestForSense Dec 2013 #97
Christ the logician. rustbeltvoice Dec 2013 #89
That is a fantastic post underpants Dec 2013 #92
Amazing & thank you Caretha Dec 2013 #103
Well, thank you too. rustbeltvoice Dec 2013 #109
Welcome to DU blue14u Dec 2013 #108
Thank you, Blue 14u. rustbeltvoice Dec 2013 #110
"Jesus never said the government should help the poor," is a favorite rightie talking point Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #91
I think there was a local taxation right to most roman's provinces....nt Sand Wind Dec 2013 #152
But the bulk of it still went to the Romans Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #154
Right, there is that.... Sand Wind Dec 2013 #155
He no ctsnowman Dec 2013 #93
I wonder if the USA would be a "Xian nation" if everybody realized stopbush Dec 2013 #150
These people are truly INSANE. RBInMaine Dec 2013 #102
Eat shit, 'bagger. In case you didn't notice, no one gives a damn what you think. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #107
Jesus told me that teabillies need a come to Him meeting and quick. marble falls Dec 2013 #111
The Bible Is Far More Leftist Than Right Wing TomCADem Dec 2013 #112
I can thump that Bible right at them. I say they're going to hell. If they act up, I repeat myself! freshwest Dec 2013 #115
Then why does Jesus say that heaven is a kingdom, rather than a democracy? stopbush Dec 2013 #151
Jesus NEVER called himself King. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #161
+1 Thoughtful post, Tigress. n/t Beartracks Dec 2013 #164
Jesus never called himself a king? stopbush Dec 2013 #172
You are taking it out of context. A) He's being accused of trying to disrupt Roman Rule. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #173
Sorry, but Jesus thinks he's a king. stopbush Dec 2013 #178
He knows who he is, but not any type of Earthly king and if you don't get that.... Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #183
B) To get to Heaven, you need to break from ALL the BS. You took Matthew 25 out of context also. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #174
So, if a person lives an exemplary life but renounces Jesus entirely, what then? stopbush Dec 2013 #179
Well, if you renounce Jesus entirely, why would you want to be in Heaven anyway? Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #184
You should read your Bible, because right now, you're just offering opinions. stopbush Dec 2013 #186
C) About the Canaanite woman... had to look it up - not a Biblical scholar Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #175
Wow, you've really ramped up the apologies for Jesus this time. stopbush Dec 2013 #180
I think you put your own spin on it too. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #182
You're making stuff up to apologize for Jesus. stopbush Dec 2013 #187
Yes, Dufus, those are tears, but in all fairness, I think Jesus is laughin' at y'all. Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #125
How un-Christian can these people be? Laelth Dec 2013 #134
Mr. Moseley must have read a different book. AGREED nt Tigress DEM Dec 2013 #160
Typical 'merka tea-party idiot. Take one quote out of Dash87 Dec 2013 #140
The religion of women and slaves was not going to please a Tea Party asshole. n/t Orsino Dec 2013 #142
Jesus would say, "Go hang out with the money-changers. I'll get my whip and be right there." FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #144
Jesus was not into any "isms" whatsoever. Indi Guy Dec 2013 #148
Even on World Nut Daily he's catching flak mainer Dec 2013 #149
I'm starting a debate here : Christian's economics theories. Link : Sand Wind Dec 2013 #153
I never saw anything in the New Testament that seemed to me a vision of an economic system struggle4progress Dec 2013 #162
And a Tea Party govt would ensure there are plenty of poor for us to take care of. n/t Beartracks Dec 2013 #163
Rightwing god is a real dick. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #165
Absurdity upon absurdity. mwb970 Dec 2013 #166
shouldn't this be posted in the Religion forum? 2banon Dec 2013 #176
Heresy. burnsei sensei Dec 2013 #177
Jesus dies fo somebody's sins DBoon Dec 2013 #181
Moseley quit reading that text as soon as it became a bit challenging struggle4progress Dec 2013 #188
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