Wealth carries a particular responsibility to the Christian Community:

1 John 3:16-17: We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother and sister in need and yet refuses to help? (NRSV)

Acts 2:44-47: All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. (NRSV)

Wealth carries a universal duty to care for the needy:

Matthew 5:42: Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. (NRSV)

Luke 6:30: Give to everyone who begs from you, and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. (NRSV)

Luke 14:12-14: He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. (NRSV) — Mary

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Hey, Mary — you forgot my personal favorite from Luke 12:48…

From everyone who has been given much, much will be required

Maybe then they can eventually pay back some of the mounting costs and actually improve living conditions there. It could possibly change their opinion of us as well.

BTW where is all that Iraq oil money that Woffie said would pay for the war????

However, I think he said something to the effect…
“Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do”?
or something along those lines…
Forgiving Daryll for his syphillitic hypocrisy is reallllllly hard.

My one real regret is that I probably won’t be present at the moment of his demise to see the utter astonishment when he realizes that ……………………………..there’s nothing. No heaven, no hell, no jeebutz, just an entire eternity of nothing………………………………

Lets see- The great hunter advised George Bush Sr. not to go after Saddam during Gulf War 1- Then He advises George Jr. to invade Iraq In Gulf war 2. What happened to change his mind? Oh, that’’s right -He started working for Halliburton, that were doing illegal business with Iran through offshore shell Corps.
I wonder if the 25 million they gave him in stock options had anything to do with his change of heart.

The best Gov”t. money could buy !!! Yikes!!!

I fear nothing, but God.

A sentiment shared by all of the 9/11 hijackers…

I don’t agree with you so i’ll try to get my friends to get you out of our club!!

As opposed to being shipped out to a secret prison outside the US in the middle of the night , skid mark ?

Here he is, Shayne. *yawn*

As I explained before, I support the government in a different capacity. I am also on a mission to save souls so I already have a mission to conquer, which has been set by God.

Backing an immoral and illegal invasion and occupation is not “support” , dipwad ; it makes you an aider and abettor in a criminal enterprise.

BTW

Does “God” approve of your making arms that exterminates those before they’ve been “saved” ?

I highly doubt it.

It is not about the love of money. In any business, in order to remain competitive, you must make a significant profit to benefit programs within that business for growth purposes.

“Nealth care” is (or should be) about keeping people alive , not profit ; that it isn’t like that in this country anymore is the reason we have fallen from the top of the heap in terms of every aspect in the medical field , towards the middle-of-the-pack , you ignorant boob……..

When the bottom line is the bottom line , you look for ways in the most devious manner(s) to profit ; people’s lives matter much more.

Or don’t you believe that , Sister Christian ?

Wealth carries a particular responsibility to the Christian Community:

1 John 3:16-17: We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother and sister in need and yet refuses to help? (NRSV)

Acts 2:44-47: All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. (NRSV)

Wealth carries a universal duty to care for the needy:

Matthew 5:42: Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. (NRSV)

Luke 6:30: Give to everyone who begs from you, and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. (NRSV)

Luke 14:12-14: He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. (NRSV)

http://www.stjohnadulted.org/steward1.htm#Wealth%20as%20a%20Symptom%20of%20Economic%20Injustice

Not sure if the bible covered patriotism…

These are extremely important companies that can severely effect our stock market, which, in general, will effect the international market. This was actually a very intelligent move.

It’s social welfare pure and simple at the expense of the AMERICAN tax payer. I would rather have my tax dollars going to help sick people than I would to bail out big corporations.

Daryll Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
These are extremely important companies that can severely effect our stock market, which, in general, will effect the international market. This was actually a very intelligent move.

But it is interference. I thought you were against interference. So you think it’s fine to interfere to let the wealthy keep their investments but it’s wrong to interfere to give the average citizen healthcare? How very Christian of you. I bet God is just licking his chops waiting for the day he gives you your comeuppance.

hussein toasterhead Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Ah, yes. Just like that parable in which Jesus refused to heal the leper who didn’t have insurance or a medical savings account.

Well if that leper had two jobs Jesus would happily have treated him. Tell us Daryll, it the leper had worked two jobs and had all his money invested with Bear Sterns and lost all of it would Jesus still treat him?

After all, didn’t Jesus say something about the sick, the poor and the meek inheriting the earth?
Jesus!?! That’s the WHOLE EARTH, They’re RICH!!!!
These trust-fund babies have been mooching on our system long enough!