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get the red out

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4. If he is an actual Christian
Fri May 3, 2013, 08:51 AM
May 2013

Then what value did Jesus put on money? He certainly didn't judge people's value by it, and he was compassion incarnate, literally if you are a Christian, figuratively if not. What was that like about a camel having more of a chance getting through the eye of a needle than a rich man getting to heaven? Something like that, I've never been a Church goer.

By declaring that your work toward a more compassionate society is without value, he is actually saying that the original basis for his own professed religion is also without value. How can someone be a Christian on one hand and say that the basis for their own religion has zero value????? He can't even have linear thoughts!

Money is mostly gained in a capitalist extreme society like ours, through harm to others. This is not valuable. Christian conservatives despise compassion until it is needed by themselves or their loved ones. They don't like higher ed until their kid goes to college and gets loans, they don't like government assistance of any kind until a natural disaster destroys their home or town. They tend to be trying to justify their own intense selfishness in whatever way possible.

These people would rather listen to someone with the moral history of Rush Limbaugh than read about Jesus; because Limbaugh gives them permission to say they are the truest kind of Christian without practicing any of their own religious beliefs.

Looking forward to what you have coming Sunday rurallib May 2013 #1
Thank you sooooooooo much, rurallib... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #2
RFK, March 1968 deutsey May 2013 #3
Yes! I recently discovered that quote... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #5
Because RFK said this deutsey May 2013 #33
Exactly. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #36
If he is an actual Christian get the red out May 2013 #4
I don't know. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #6
A lot of them are unstable in various ways get the red out May 2013 #24
No good deed libodem May 2013 #28
You may... nikto May 2013 #58
Jesus? Cool, when are we gonna start that? Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #22
Yep get the red out May 2013 #25
Ok, now that is completely cool ismnotwasm May 2013 #29
Another one for y'all: Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #44
Even as a non-believer, I find the idea of a "christian" who places no value on compassion, Arkansas Granny May 2013 #7
Thanks, Arkansas Granny... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #13
Fantastic! I love people who actively work toward making Laurian May 2013 #8
So glad, Laurian... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #14
The consumer world we live in jimmyolsenblues May 2013 #9
Nice to "meet" you, jimmyolsenblues... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #12
"he who dies with the most toys wins" get the red out May 2013 #27
k&r.. spanone May 2013 #10
Thanks for the k&r, spanone. :) n/t OneGrassRoot May 2013 #15
you're welcome.....! spanone May 2013 #18
I'm with you 100% OGR and don't let those amoral and unprincipled Cleita May 2013 #11
Gawd, I hope so... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #16
+1000 russspeakeasy May 2013 #59
Try not to let those people get to you Arcanetrance May 2013 #17
I usually don't let it bother me... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #35
What you do has more value than anything that person can dream of Arcanetrance May 2013 #37
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Good luck with your project. That Einstein quote is powerful. Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #19
Some jerk has colorized that Einstein photo with crayons. Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #20
Thanks for sharing that pic! :) n/t OneGrassRoot May 2013 #21
you don't owe them any explanation NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #23
I know. I'm a rebel at heart... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #38
What do you want me to do? Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2013 #26
Ha! OneGrassRoot May 2013 #40
I am willing to bet you will be sitting at god's right hand chair come judgement day. southernyankeebelle May 2013 #30
... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #41
your welcome. It's true. southernyankeebelle May 2013 #46
OGR, my first contribution is that Skidmore May 2013 #31
Thank you so much! Hey, here is a page w/several links... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #34
I was thinking the other day d_r May 2013 #32
Thank you, d_r... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #42
Do you want to beat him on his terms or on yours? LaydeeBug May 2013 #43
Actually, I don't even see it as being about "success" at all. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #45
But *he* does. You see, this guy can DISH IT, but can he TAKE IT? LaydeeBug May 2013 #51
Gotcha! OneGrassRoot May 2013 #52
If you want to toy with him, dgibby May 2013 #54
... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #55
Go OneGrassRoot! Scruffy Rumbler May 2013 #47
Wow! OneGrassRoot May 2013 #48
I don't understand hfojvt May 2013 #49
I do not have answers to the initial questions you pose. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #50
that is one huge drawback to being self-employed hfojvt May 2013 #53
Thank you for starting something I truly hope succeeds! Moostache May 2013 #56
What a wonderful testimonial. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #57
It really doesn't matter what people like Beck and Limbaugh think. Curmudgeoness May 2013 #60
Lush and Dreck... NYtoBush-Drop Dead May 2013 #61
Thank you! :) n/t OneGrassRoot May 2013 #62
UPDATE n/t OneGrassRoot May 2013 #63
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