Unconventional Religion

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Give me whatever you consider a Biblical instruction not to own possessions. All you have is a quote about a camel.

Fully expecting you to start rationalizing with with cries of "but these are not instructions not to own":

Matthew 6:19-21 - Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.

Acts 4:32-35 - Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Traveling businessmen eventually go to their homes.
They also have credit cards.

Thus indicating their need for material possessions.

Bill Gates is a good person. Do I need a software company to be good as well?

If you believe that it is his software company that makes him good, then yeah.

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?

Children nee a lot of material possessions to be happy - three meals a day, comfort and security of home, things to play with etc. Money is required for all those. Their rationality is corrupted because someone tells them that Jesus said the opposite of what they already knew.

You want a medal from the fire department because you called their number?

I'm not telling you what kind of profit I personally expect from such a venture.

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?

I didn't say I needed love to survive - I said I need love to live, a distinction that I knew would escape you. As for the concept being "Christian" - no, its not. I do not love everyone or everything equally - I love myself the most and my family and friends and possessions come next. That does not sound very Christian to me.

Why wasn't this an issue when your parents raised you from childhood?

Because they never pretended that I was deserving simply due to being alive.

Yes. When we share our resources with one another, humanity cannot survive.

Sharing is not altruism - it's trade.

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?

Where quite a few biological instincts are concerned, ofcourse it goes against the 'natural order'. Why is that a problem?