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The Last Good Rich Person
“Only one rich person has been motivated by Jesus to restore justice and share his/her wealth, and that is Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1ff).” [Ulrich Duchrow, “Difficulties and Opportunities for Theology in Today’s World,” in Marcella Althaus-Reid, Ivan Petrella and Luiz Carlos … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Politics/Current Events
Tagged " in Marcella Althaus-Reid, "Difficulties and Opportunities for Theology in Today's World, Another Possible World, Ivan Petrella and Luiz Carlos Susin, justice, poor, Rich, the last good rich person, Ulrich Duchrow, wealth, Zacchaeus
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Bible Verses Most Conservative/Fundamentalist Christians Don’t Believe (Acts 2:44-45)
44All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
The Great Whore’s Wealth: Why The Book of Revelation Scares Me
Like Martin Luther, Revelation is not my favorite book of the Bible. No book has made crazy Christians crazier. Crazy Christians scare me. Speaking of being scared, the book of Revelation scares me, but not in perhaps the way you … Continue reading
Posted in Bible/Theology
Tagged Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, Babylon, Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Bible Scholarship, book of Revelation, capitalism, communism, Edited by Teresa J. Hornsby and Ken Stone, Gazing at the Whore: Reading Revelation Queerly, Great Whore, Lynn Huber, Martin Luther, Revelation, Rome, socialism, United States, wealth, Whore of Revelation
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Sodom Stats: Top 1%
The threshold for being in the top 1 percent in household income is $380,000, 7.5 times median household income, using census data from 2008 through 2010. But for net worth, the 1 percent threshold for net worth in the Fed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1%, 99%, Christianity and wealth, class warfare, Main Street, middle class, poverty, Sodom, Wall Street, wealth, wealthy
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Almost – almost convinced the healthcare of others is not my damm responsibility
Poor Person Who Wants Me To Pay For His Healthcare. Get a job buddy! Some people, in response to my blog entry, Damm Those Bleeding Heart Liberals, are giving it their best to convince me I don’t have to give a damm about the … Continue reading
Posted in Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Politics/Current Events
Tagged can rich people be saved, Christianity, communism, conservative Christianity, domesticating Jesus, give everything to the poor, greed, health care reform, healthcare crisis, heaven, materialism, Matthew 19:21, poor, possessions, poverty, rich Christians, rich person, socialism, translating the Bible, wealth
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