Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Riller;44538716]If the world is ending, what would a hobo use my xbox for? [editline]14th April 2014[/editline] Furthermore, isn't it a sin to damn other people to hell? If rich people can't get into heaven, so I dump all my wealth on a poor person so I can go to heaven... Doesn't that just mean that now, all of a sudden, the ex-poor person can't go to heaven due to now being rich? Wouldn't he be better off being poor and going to heaven?[/QUOTE] I already showed how that verse has nothing to do with rich people not being able to go to heaven, but that rich people (and in effect all people) can't work their way into heaven. [QUOTE]Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”[/QUOTE] "24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." - Matthew 6:24 The point wasn't that all people need to give up every possession to be saved, but that one who isn't able to give up their possessions when called to do so can't be saved. There are plenty of wealthy people in the Bible who are called righteous.

[QUOTE=sgman91;44544241]I already showed how that verse has nothing to do with rich people not being able to go to heaven, but that rich people (and in effect all people) can't work their way into heaven. "24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." - Matthew 6:24 The point wasn't that all people need to give up every possession to be saved, but that one who isn't able to give up their possessions when called to do so can't be saved. There are plenty of wealthy people in the Bible who are called righteous.[/QUOTE] The best thing in the world is when you make a bunch of dumbass jokes over semantics in a single sentence from a book, and people keep taking them seriously. Did you somehow miss my bitcoin post?

[QUOTE=Riller;44544987]The best thing in the world is when you make a bunch of dumbass jokes over semantics in a single sentence from a book, and people keep taking them seriously. Did you somehow miss my bitcoin post?[/QUOTE] Even the most vague attacks on a religion have to be defended against by its most fervent believers.

"In the beginning, there was no sin."

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;44538692]You might have a good point. Michelangelo's statue of David for instance looks different depending on what perspective you have. There is depth to his artistry, is what I'm saying. I can't say for sure from just this photo, but I doubt this statue of Jesus sleeping it off on a bench looks any different from other angles. It's very superficial, it does have a message, but is it great or even good art? Meh.[/QUOTE] the quality by which all art must be measured: whether or not it looks different if you look at it from another perspective

[QUOTE=Explosions;44545003]Even the most vague attacks on a religion have to be defended against by its most fervent believers.[/QUOTE] Clarity is always in my interest, about everything. It just so happens that those most fervently opposed to religion are also usually the least informed.

[QUOTE=sgman91;44547323]Clarity is always in my interest, about everything. It just so happens that those most fervently opposed to religion are also usually the least informed.[/QUOTE] I love the irony of this statement.

[QUOTE=Riller;44537964]Always hated that verse. What about charitable rich people?[/QUOTE] The verse is stating that its hard for the rich to get into heaven, not impossible. Obviously the charitable rich are people that are doing it right. The idea is that fighting against buying into selfish greed is what makes it hard.