Re: Sermon On The Mount

In article <[email protected]>, 
[email protected] says...
> 
> Skeeter wrote:
> > In article <17c34d75f63bad6b$147543$2601257$eadde062
> > @news.thecubenet.com>, [email protected] says...
> >>
> >> Ted wrote:
> >>> Skeeter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> >>>> says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ratboy frogging Ted wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>> In article <17c2dc96aff8594a$169751$3716115
> >>>>>>> [email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Ted wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>,
> >>>>>>>>>> [email protected] says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> In article <[email protected]>,
> >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
> >>>>>>>>>>>> et.c om>, [email protected] says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <%SjON.762036$p%[email protected]>,
> >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>> says...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> David LaRue wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Ted" <[email protected]> wrote in
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> % wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Voice of Authority wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       Why did the Romans crucify Jesus?  Because
> >>>>>> he had >>>>>>become >>>>>>>>>>>>    too woke.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1774230983350362304
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>         --bks
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He was also a Communist.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus of Nazareth is a figure who
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is often emulated
> >>>>>>>>>>>> for his >>>>>>>>>> emphasis on kindness, mercy and love, but
> >>>>>> many >>>>>>of his >>>>>>> disciples >> > seem to miss a very large
> >>>>>> part of >>>>>>his teachings in >>>>>>> their attempts >> > to
> >>>>>> mimic his virtues.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       Many of Jesusâ?? ideas would be considered
> >>>>>>>>>>>> controversial in >>>>>>> the >> > modern world, but his
> >>>>>> attitudes >>>>>>regarding economics >>>>>>> would be >> >
> >>>>>> especially radical, >>>>>>aligning less with the >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> conservative views of >> > many of >>>>>>his followers and more
> >>>>>> with >>>>>>> the far-left views we now >>>>>>call >> > communist.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, the mainstream
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interpretations of Jesusâ??
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> philosophy seem >> > to ignore or undermine his
> >>>>>> economic >>>>>>ideals, >>>>>>> most often in the >> > interest of
> >>>>>> preserving >>>>>>capitalism.  >>>>>>> American history has given
> >>>>>> us >> > many >>>>>>examples of Biblical >>>>>>> interpretations
> >>>>>> being used to excuse >>>>>>>>>harmful institutions >>>>>>> such
> >>>>>> as slavery and attempt to >>>>>>de-radicalize >> > the image of
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> popular figures such as >>>>>>Martin Luther King Jr. It
> >>>>>> is >> > only >>>>>>> responsible that >>>>>>we separate Jesusâ??
> >>>>>> relationship with money >> >>>>>>>> from
> >>>>>>>>>>>> that of any churches who stand to profit financially
> >>>>>>>>>>>> from
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> more >> > capitalist interpretations of his words.  >> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       We can read stories about Jesusâ?? emphasis
> >>>>>> on >>>>>>communal >>>>>>> practices, >> > like sharing meals and
> >>>>>> labor and >>>>>>starting the >>>>>>> tradition now >> > referred
> >>>>>> to as >>>>>>â??communion.â? We can also see >>>>>>> that he has
> >>>>>> a >> > >>>>>>particular interest in the needs of people who
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> his >>>>>>society would >> > rather abandon such as women
> >>>>>> who had >>>>>>> >>>>>>committed adultery and those >> > with
> >>>>>> leprosy or physical >>>>>>>>>>>>>disabilities.  >> > >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>> He tells his followers to >>>>>>forgive their debtors, that they
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> should >> > not store up >>>>>>treasures on earth and
> >>>>>> that they cannot >>>>>>> serve both God >> >>>>>>>and money. In
> >>>>>> Matthew 21, he becomes so >>>>>>> enraged by >>>>>>people using a
> >>>>>>>>> temple for economic exchange, he >>>>>>> >>>>>>starts
> >>>>>> flipping tables.  >> > >>>>>>>>>> In Matthew 19, a rich >>>>>>man
> >>>>>> approaches him for instruction and >>>>>>> Jesus >> > tells
> >>>>>>>>>>>> him to give up all his possessions and give the >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> money to >>>>>>the >> > poor.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       â??It is easier for a camel to go through
> >>>>>> the eye >>>>>>of a >>>>>>> needle than >> > for someone who is
> >>>>>> rich to enter >>>>>>the Kingdom of >>>>>>> God,� Jesus said in
> >>>>>>>>> Matthew 19:24
> >>>>>>>>>>>> NIV.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       This notion that a rich person would have to
> >>>>>> stop >>>>>>being >>>>>>> rich in >> > order to follow him is
> >>>>>> explicitly >>>>>>incompatible with >>>>>>> capitalist >> >
> >>>>>> thinking. Why make >>>>>>people choose between >>>>>>> following
> >>>>>> him and pursuing >> > >>>>>>wealth unless he dislikes the >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> effects of wealth and hopes >>>>>>to >> > counteract them in some
> >>>>>> way >>>>>>> by encouraging an >>>>>>alternative lifestyle >> >
> >>>>>> among his followers?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       Despite the context and direct nature of his
> >>>>>>>>>>>> statement, it >>>>>>> seems >> > to be interpreted quite
> >>>>>>>>>>>> differently by many wealthy and >>>>>>> influential >> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Christians who have yet to give up their >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> possessions.  >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     Under capitalism,
> >>>>>> interpretations favored by rich >>>>>>people are >>>>>>> given >>
> >>>>>>> more of a platform. This has >>>>>>created the exact type of
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> hierarchy >> > among Jesusâ??  >>>>>>fans that he devoted
> >>>>>> so much time to >>>>>>> warning against.  >> >>>>>>>His attempts
> >>>>>> to redistribute power are >>>>>>> often >>>>>>downplayed, and
> >>>>>> this >> > is interpreted instead as a story >>>>>>>>>>>>>about
> >>>>>> how nobody is perfect.  >> > >>>>>>>>>>    SIUE is
> >>>>>>>>>>>> home to a large Christian population, including 20
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Christian organizations, whose members I
> >>>>>>>>>>>> sincerely hope will
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> avoid >> > such a convenient dismissal of this
> >>>>>> issue. All >>>>>>of us at >>>>>>> SIUE, >> > Christian or
> >>>>>> otherwise, should >>>>>>question the >>>>>>> motivations of our
> >>>>>>>>> sources.  Information >>>>>>is never presented >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> without an agenda, and it >> > is >>>>>>alarmingly common for
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> information to be presented in >>>>>>deceitful >> > ways.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       An idea as simple as â??love your
> >>>>>> neighbors� can >>>>>>be used >>>>>>> to promote >> > the exact
> >>>>>> opposite message.  I >>>>>>hope that any >>>>>>> readers seeking
> >>>>>> to >> > understand Jesusâ??  >>>>>>words will think >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> critically about their own >> > >>>>>>ideologies as well and
> >>>>>> whether >>>>>>> they align more closely >>>>>>with the >> >
> >>>>>> whitewashed commercial >>>>>>> version that grants >>>>>>wishes
> >>>>>> or the radical >> > political figure >>>>>>> portrayed in
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the Bible.  >> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       nobody reads anything this long
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly. In fact, the motivation is
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not to even start
> >>>>>>>>>>>> reading >>>>>>>> it.  Very brief posts, otoh, almost always
> >>>>>> get
> >>>>>>>>>>>> read.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus (and God) taught those that were
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> willing to learn.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you were unwilling to read a few
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> words, let alone
> >>>>>>>>>>>> books, how do >>>>>>> you hope to learn what was being
> >>>>>> taught?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesus and the New Testament were needed
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because of the
> >>>>>>>>>>>> many that >>>>>>> were unwilling to learn and follow the
> >>>>>> simple >>>>>>rules of the Old >>>>>>> Testament.  He wants you to
> >>>>>> understand >>>>>>and follow him.  It is >>>>>>> your choice.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The main thing I don't like about Jesus is
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that he eats
> >>>>>>>>>>>> shit. It's >>>>>> disgusting.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember when you used to post as Scatboi,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted, that was
> >>>>>>>>>>>> back >>>>> when I was posting as Carny....man what a ride!
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember when you used to brag about how
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much shit I can
> >>>>>>>>>>>> eat, Chad.  >>>> We found it disgusting, but you were proud
> >>>>>> of it.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tinw, scatboi
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted thought he met his soulmate when Chad told
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> him he liked
> >>>>>>>>>>>> shooting craps.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Turns out Chad's into projectile diarrhea.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> and this kind of stuff only comes from your sick
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> mind ted.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>     >
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> they don't call him scatboi for nothing, when they're
> >>>>>>>>>>>> not calling him alice or fat fuck chadlee
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>     only you think of this stuff
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Chad is severely demented.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>>> yes, him and skeeter are both assclowns
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> https://postimg.cc/xJDvdhfW
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Obsession and rerun noted. Cowardly switching groups noted. You
> >>>>>>> have become like Rudy. Useless.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Give Rudy a few LOL's Skeeter, it's as good as a reach around!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here's some good news for you, ratboy:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://nationaltoday.com/world-rat-day/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>> Watch because he changes the follow ups to alt.idiots sometimes. I
> >>>> guess so the rest can't see us slapping him silly. I found this one
> >>>> there.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Skeeter. Yeah, he catches me on that often. No doubt that's the
> >>> reason.
> >>>
> >>   >
> >> http://tinyurl.com/peescent
> > 
> > He made you rerun.
> > 
>  >
> your two surviving brain cells are on an endless rerun loop, tony

i made you rerun to every post in this thread.

Obsessed much?