Re: Sermon On The Mount
Skeeter <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Apr 2024 14:14:36 -0600
| Newsgroups | alt.eat-shit.and-die.asshole |
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| Organization | UTB |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says... > > Skeeter wrote: > > In article <17c34d6475b325c8$147542$2601257$eadde062 > > @news.thecubenet.com>, [email protected] says... > >> > >> Ted wrote: > >>> Skeeter wrote: > >>> > >>>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] > >>>> says... > >>>>> > >>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, > >>>>>> [email protected] Ted says... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> In article <17c2dc96aff8594a$169751$3716115 > >>>>>>>> [email protected]>, [email protected] says... > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Ted wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> In article > >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>, >> > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] says... > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article > >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>, >>>>> > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> <[email protected] > >>>>>>>>>> , >>>> [email protected] says... > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skeeter wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article <%SjON.762036$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,â? 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 > >>>>>>>>> neighborsâ? 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. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> He claims he isn't Chad. What should we call him, then? > >>>>>>> "ratboy"? "shitstink"? "pukester"? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I know you like to be called Alice sometimes, you skirt wearing > >>>>>> sissy... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://al.howardknight.net/?ID=160968069700 ROFL! > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> It's ratboy frogging his superior Skeeter. > >>>> > >>> > >>>> That shall be his nickname from now on. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> LOL. Good call. It suits him. > >>> > >> > > >> kiss kiss > >> > >> https://tinyurl.com/tardlet LOL! > > > > > > More Chad rerun. > > > > > everybody chad, now you chad too, pissbum so you chad too. how does it feel to smell like shit?