>Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:>And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.>His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:>Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.>Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.>For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.>And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.>Matthew 25:24-30Poverty and poor people are ontologically evil. This year, if you are a poor person pray to god to help you overcome your inherent evilness and join the productive and good members of society.>inb4 some retard mentions muh beatitudes>Blessed are the poor in SPIRIT; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3>this refers to spiritual poverty not material poverty>spiritual poverty = good>material poverty = evil
ever heard of camel and needle?
>>18267947>>18267959>Poor don't get to heaven>Rich don't get to heavenMfw comfortably middle class
>>18267959that parable refers to spiritually rich peopleSpiritual richness means you are tied more to your material wealth than to godSuch people cannot achieve heaven indeed.
>>18267983so why did Jesus say to that lad give away all your material riches if you want to follow me?
>>18267983that's a new use of 'spiritual'. until niw christards used it in the sense of 'not real', as in "the snake wasn't proven right because Adam and Eve indeed died on the day they ate of the fruit, but it was a spiritual death'", or Harold Camping in the spring of 2012 "the rapture did happen as I foretold, but it was a spiritual rapture".
>>18267947>>18267983Capitalists are Phariseeical and can’t be Christian
>>18267947yes, about that: what IS spiritual poverty? not enough spirits?
>>18268076spirit = pneuma = breathSpiritual poverty means you're poor in breathing. Clearly it's intended to refer to people with asthma.
>>18268178I'm all set, then.another such term is 'being justified'. Paul uses it a lot. I always understood it to mean 'to be proven right, nye nye nye I told you' when Jesus comes back and kicks unbeliever ass. very redditesque approach.
>>18267947Are you actually a real person? I refuse to believe someone out there is this retarded, ignorant, and believes they are telling the truth.
>>18268330hard to tell, really. prosperity gospel is already immune to parody.
>>18267947This is a parable against miserliness, not poverty. Failure to spend / invest money and hording it instead is the sin.
>>18268349it's not about money at all, the talents are gifts of the holy spirit which are meant to be multiplied. Jesus did not preach about economy, quite the contrary. remember the lillies of the field and the birds of the sky? OP is just a retarded proty
>>18267947Deuteronomy 15:6-8For YAH your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land YAH your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need.
>>18268373A talent is literally a unit of currency, ergo "money".>But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. (2 Cor 9:6)
