Unconventional Religion

[Consilius]

Notice "part" does not mean "verse". All the verses advocating poverty would be categorized as ONE part.

I consider a part to be a series of verses in succession, where it is impossible not to get what the writer is trying to say. If Matthew said one thing and James another, their quotes should be considered in the context of what they were writing about.

All the verses advocating poverty would be categorized as ONE part.

This part would still be one verse long, regardless of anything I said before. Nowhere are we instructed to become poor.
Notice how those who DO give up their belongings in the Bible are traveling preachers who decide to spend the rest of their lives moving from place to place, diminishing the value of their material sacrifice to them.

Poor, yes. Children - not so much.

Why not? Didn't someone sit them down and tell them that they're not allowed to be happy until they're bank accounts are overflowing (regardless of the means)?

Exactly. I would expect something in return.

And if the woman has nothing to give you, do you push her back over the ledge?

And how does the loss of the life of a friend or a child affect your own?

Negatively.

Your bank account retains its size and you continue breathing. What's the problem? Do you need love to survive?

You took what was yours away from you.

It is impossible to take what is mine away from myself, you moron.

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant "away WITH you".

You are not deserving of anything or everything you may need to survive simply due to being a human being.

I was referring to a single resource given to another in a fatal condition. Does a dying person not deserve to have his life restored with a resource you don't need?

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Right enough as far as it goes, but the closer someone adheres to the purported 'word of Jesus' the more annoying and dangerous they tend to be.

Boru

How so? The ultimate virtue Christ preached was altruism.