(August 11, 2013 at 6:52 pm)Consilius Wrote: Nowhere are we instructed to become poor.
Quote:Didn't I give examples of this instructions already?Give me whatever you consider a Biblical instruction not to own possessions. All you have is a quote about a camel.
Quote:Notice how for any traveling businessman, the value of material possessions would be greater.Traveling businessmen eventually go to their homes.
They also have credit cards.
Quote:Also notice how these people are glorified within the bible, indicating their example is to be emulated.Bill Gates is a good person. Do I need a software company to be good as well?
Quote:Their rationality - however limited it might be - has not yet been corrupted by the teaching of your Christ.Children don't need money to be happy, regardless of their religion. Is their rationality corrupted later when someone tells them that Jesus said the same thing they already knew before?
Quote:Firstly, my expectation of getting something doesn't necessarily mean getting something from her.You want a medal from the fire department because you called their number?
Quote:No, I need love to live.What a Christian-sounding precept, no negative connotation added. Can you explain how you need to be appreciated by someone to keep your heart beating?
Quote:No. You deserve what you earn. If you have not earned that resource, you do not deserve it.Why wasn't this an issue when your parents raised you from childhood?
(August 11, 2013 at 6:52 pm)Consilius Wrote: How so? The ultimate virtue Christ preached was altruism.
Quote:That would be the dangerous and annoying thing.Yes. When we share our resources with one another, humanity cannot survive.
Altruism is found in animals and is in our human nature. Who's to say that your 'rational morality' isn't a perversion of the natural order?
