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The great wisdom of Poverty
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The great wisdom of Poverty
Is there a merit in poverty? Is there any goodness or "power" in choosing to take on the life of a poor person? Can Poverty create virtue?

Several great luminaries of the age found joy and goodness in being poor.

1. Diogenes, a humble man who took to living in a clay jar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope

2. Francis of Assissi, great sage of Italy who married "Holy Lady Poverty" http://communio.stblogs.org/Allegorgy%20...Giotto.jpg

3. Buddha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha

3. Gandhi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

There is a whole philosophy.. of how to live simply, to live without possessions, to be... at peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_living

I just feel that being poor, having little to no money or food can bring one blessings and clarity of thought. When people choose to have very little money, food or possessions ( or perhaps none at all) they can often pay more attention to things and ideas that really matter.

The more I read about the benefits of poverty.. the more I feel a new approach to the poverty issue should be taken. Instead of seeking to change or alter poverty.... perhaps we should teach that it is an acceptable or even desirable alternative to being rich and famous?

The arrogant snobby hollywood elites are so proud of having money yet it's pretty apparent how empty and shallow they are as people Undecided .

What will it take for us as a culture... to love and embrace poverty? Maybe we should elect Bernie Sanders to help make us all poor Wink ?
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RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
Quote: “I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.”

Napoléon Bonaparte
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Clergy and theologians love to extol the virtues of poverty...for everyone else. Dangling the Divine Carrot of a gloriously fulfilling afterlife, ensures ease of entry when they bend the multitudes over and fuck them in the ass; metaphorically, of course.
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Christ-sucking slug.
I am John Cena's hip-hop album.
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OK, nice sermon, you got me! pass the dish around!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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*Steals from the collection plate*

I need it more than the church.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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To "choose" poverty you must have access to wealth, if everyone had access to a 1000th of the wealth of the 1% this world would be very different and much nicer.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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TC doesn't mean "True Christian"

To me it means...

Town Center:

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P.S. True Christian: Respond more than a couple of times before making another one of these inane threads, please.
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Maybe you should give it a try. Also heard good reviews about that vow of silence thing...
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I make pointless threads but I always respond.

Also at least I have polls involving mayo.
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