- Dec 6, 2005
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I was running through the morning's news when I saw this in CNN;
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/12/25/RichJesus/index.html
Now, at first, it really didn't catch my eye. It was just another article about christians. But as I checked it out, I began to see a theme which is just another reason I can't get with them (and before any of you start to jump on me, let me say this. I said "I, Me". I am not condemning anyone for their religious beliefs, nor am I judging you. I'm stating simply how/why "I" feel the way I do).
As I see it, I thought that christianity was about God, Jesus and Belief; and not about money. And this one sentence said it all to me
"They say that Jesus was never poor -- and neither should his followers be".
This sounds to me like it is an excuse for the follower to obtain wealth, that they have found a loophole in the bible to get all they can, money wise. In other words.....Greed.
Even so, it also shows me further just how much this religion is unsure even of itself; of how much it doesn't know about its own self. More & more I see christianity finding ways to get around the bible, the commandments and the
basic word of God. To me, christianity has already been used to create some of the most horrendous crimes against man in history. Now, it seems that the justification continues.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/12/25/RichJesus/index.html
Now, at first, it really didn't catch my eye. It was just another article about christians. But as I checked it out, I began to see a theme which is just another reason I can't get with them (and before any of you start to jump on me, let me say this. I said "I, Me". I am not condemning anyone for their religious beliefs, nor am I judging you. I'm stating simply how/why "I" feel the way I do).
As I see it, I thought that christianity was about God, Jesus and Belief; and not about money. And this one sentence said it all to me
"They say that Jesus was never poor -- and neither should his followers be".
This sounds to me like it is an excuse for the follower to obtain wealth, that they have found a loophole in the bible to get all they can, money wise. In other words.....Greed.
Even so, it also shows me further just how much this religion is unsure even of itself; of how much it doesn't know about its own self. More & more I see christianity finding ways to get around the bible, the commandments and the
basic word of God. To me, christianity has already been used to create some of the most horrendous crimes against man in history. Now, it seems that the justification continues.