(July 27, 2013 at 8:05 am)Consilius Wrote: Christ said it was OK to be poor if you ARE poor. That suffering was a part of life that happens, and when it does, you should brave through it and let it pass. Not that poverty or pain should be sought out.
He didn't preach about making money because he taught that morals were of greater value. Life shouldn't be about making your life as comfortable as possible, because Christianity is not a meritocracy where you lose if your bank account isn't as large as you would like.
Exactly what I was talking about. It's take quite a bit of mind control to convince someone that these corrupt and immoral ideas were somehow a good thing.
The sane and rational view would be: Being poor is not okay. If you are poor, work and earn money. Don't accept suffering meekly as a part of your life - fight against it, treat it as something that should not have happened and try to make it so that it does not happen again. Don't put morals before money or money before morals. Choose both, because both are needed to live a happy and healthy life. Make your life as comfortable as possible, because this is the only one you may have and it should not be spent in misery and suffering. Build a meritocracy where people get what they work for and deserve.
