does God have compassion for the poor?

[AlphaCentauri]

[grasswire]

1. if he did, that lottery ticket would have been a winner today...

...because I desperately need money for a family emergency.

[dbonds]

2. Which god?

[varkam]

3. No. eom

[DiverDave]

4. If there IS an all encompassing "GOD"

then he's a fucking monster.

Yeah I said it, deal.

[LanternWaste]

9. And if there's not--

And if there's not-- then each and every one of us is a "fucking monster".


edited word left out

[dmallind]

24. Not at all

Merely more of us who are capable of significantly affecting others are fucking monsters than those who are not. 50 powerless saints cannot counterbalance one powerful monster.

[FiveGoodMen]

11. and it needed to be said!

:toast::applause:

[cynatnite]

5. If gawd was real as was described in the new testament of the bible...

suffering wouldn't have the business it has today.

Religion and complacency go hand in hand. Bible thumpers expect gawd to take come on down and strike down all the bad in the world..aka armageddon.

While they wait, they shake their bibles at sinners and ignore the suffering so they can do some condemning.

[UTUSN]

6. The gentle OR raging rain falls equally on all, including critters n/t

[John Gauger]

22. What is that supposed to mean? n/t

[Xenotime]

7. yes....er..no..well....

[ZombieHorde]

8. Doesn't seem to. nt

[Cleita]

10. Depends on whose God you are talking about.

I was raised a Catholic and taught that being poor was a virtue and brought me closer to God. So evidently the Catholic God loves the poor as long as you remain poor. Other Gods though seem to reward those who work hard with material riches. So go figure.

[uppityperson]

12. Is there a God, does God have compassion at all?

Start with those questions. I don't think compassion comes into it at all.

[OhioChick]

13. Yes. n/t

[Ikonoklast]

14. god is a cruel kid with a magnifying glass on a sunny day

and we are the ants.

[Squatch]

15. Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

:thumbsup:

[TechBear_Seattle]

19. Well, THAT will fill their empty stomachs, won't it? n/t

[gratuitous]

16. Yes, but . . .

Many of God's most public and vocal alleged proponents don't appear to have any compassion for the poor. It's a curious phenomenon that a person's public pronouncements of piety seem to be in inverse proportion to his or her actual carrying out of that piety. I'm not sure if God is to blame for that, though.

[Bigmack]

17. If he/she exists, god must love the poor....

... cuz he/she makes so many of them.

Must love the little kids with lukemia, too. Keeps 'em alive for a loooong time while they suffer.

Strange ways to show love, this god of yours...

[heidler1]

18. If there were no poor people how could a person prove him/her self worthy of getting into heaven?

[Boojatta]

21. By working in a pharmacy and refusing to sell birth control pills...

thus helping to increase the odds that there will be poor people in future.
:evilgrin:

[heidler1]

23. In the orig. post the question was "does God have compassion for the poor?"

In the Christian big scheme it appears as though poor people are necessary and that pretending that you know what this god wants and/or how to assist this god in whatever he's up to seems unlikely to me. The way I got the N.T. is, god is the decider. Bush is a Christian and claims to be the decider. Can a person be both?

[cosmik debris]

20. When you make up a myth you can make it have compassion

or contempt for anyone you want. The question should read: "Does YOUR god have compassion for the poor."

I don't have a god, so my answer is NO.

[jimmyfungus]

25. the teachings of Jesus on the poor

Compassion for the poor is the central teaching of Jesus, though wealthy Christians often avoid this by concentrating more on the Old Testament or selective writings of Paul on morality instead of Jesus. "The meek will inherit the earth." "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."


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spiritual food to chew on:

http://spiritual-political-self-help.blogspot.com/

[5LeavesLeft]

26. How much compassion does anyone here

for the poor? Take all the money you make, subtract ALL the money you don't have to have to live. How much of that do you give to the poor?

[struggle4progress]

27. What is the point of your question? Are you practicing rhetoric?

Are you asking how a person chooses which religion to follow? Are you seeking some mystical insight?

By asking What is the point of your question?, I mean: What would you expect from an answer to the question?