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This kills the christian (lemy.lol)

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[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And greed, well you gotta be wealthy in order to afford giving God a nice juicy tithe. Also gotta be self sufficient.

According to Luke 16:13 Jesus said “You cannot serve both God and money.”

Mark 10:21 “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

[–] CompN12@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Mark 10:22, the guy had "great wealth" and was unwilling to part with it. Donating that money away would have bought him treasures in heaven (why would someone want treasures in heaven if they had absolutely no source of greed?).

As for the Luke 16:13, I'd argue that it was saying you cannot worship money, in the sense of hoarding it and having stupid amounts of surplus.

Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus gives a parable praising the men who double their investments and then disparages the guy whos net return was zero. A sloppy Google search says a talent at that time was worth about a 20 years salary, why are the guys earning around 1.5 mil and 600k good?