I may not be wealthy like Isaac but I also never had to live with a father who at any time could be talked into hauling me up a mountain and gutting me. Everyone has problems.
As usual, "inciteful" while being insightful! Enjoyed every minute of this one. As the gap between the "haves" and have-nots" grows wider by the day. Is God going to step in and save we have-nots? I doubt it. We couldn't pay him enough!,
Well, if you want a building to pray in, and a rabbi to lead services, _somebody_ has to pay for all that. Many shuls are running Zoom feeds, and (I think) those are usually free.
When I read Genesis, God was plural and always punished people who wanted to be just like Them. Eating of the wrong fruit. Building a tower to Heaven. Space aliens not wanting us to steal their technology and really screw up the Universe. They should go away and toy with some other species.
In other news. Ancient subterranean microbes, with a combined biomass greater than all life on the surface of the earth, do not need oxygen to survive. Slowly living for centuries, they munch upon radiation amongst other unpalatable things. (For those of us on the surface with mouths.) So when we start pumping our excess carbon down there? What then creation?
I think this is a quote from Jesus: "No person can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money."
I wish the "religious" people who equate wealth with grace would actually read their Bible. I am not as familiar with the prophets in the Bible but I seem to recall statements along the same lines.
When God appeared to Moses in the burning bush he gave no name. "I am" was how God announced himself. Now "I am" is a verb, not a noun. Being a verb it has no form, so people project their own prejudices, desires, and fears on god thus creating a god in their own image. When they worship that god they created then that is idolatry and all hell breaks lose.
Nice. Good thing for you there's no such thing as Hell, either.
Optimist.
I may not be wealthy like Isaac but I also never had to live with a father who at any time could be talked into hauling me up a mountain and gutting me. Everyone has problems.
Worth pointing out that the Bible wasn’t written by a god but by men?
Oh my DOG, this is brilliant!
As usual, "inciteful" while being insightful! Enjoyed every minute of this one. As the gap between the "haves" and have-nots" grows wider by the day. Is God going to step in and save we have-nots? I doubt it. We couldn't pay him enough!,
Tix to synagogue for High Holy Days in LA: $300-$400. Per person.
The have-nots can pray at home.
Well, if you want a building to pray in, and a rabbi to lead services, _somebody_ has to pay for all that. Many shuls are running Zoom feeds, and (I think) those are usually free.
IF they pray
Makes complete sense to me...
MEN are the bad guys!
Interesting perspective
When I read Genesis, God was plural and always punished people who wanted to be just like Them. Eating of the wrong fruit. Building a tower to Heaven. Space aliens not wanting us to steal their technology and really screw up the Universe. They should go away and toy with some other species.
In other news. Ancient subterranean microbes, with a combined biomass greater than all life on the surface of the earth, do not need oxygen to survive. Slowly living for centuries, they munch upon radiation amongst other unpalatable things. (For those of us on the surface with mouths.) So when we start pumping our excess carbon down there? What then creation?
Money is so short sighted.
Yes, wonderful!
But as Joseph said to Mary, according to the shepherdpoets of the time, "Whatever you say, dear!"
I think this is a quote from Jesus: "No person can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money."
I wish the "religious" people who equate wealth with grace would actually read their Bible. I am not as familiar with the prophets in the Bible but I seem to recall statements along the same lines.
When God appeared to Moses in the burning bush he gave no name. "I am" was how God announced himself. Now "I am" is a verb, not a noun. Being a verb it has no form, so people project their own prejudices, desires, and fears on god thus creating a god in their own image. When they worship that god they created then that is idolatry and all hell breaks lose.
The inevitable conclusion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
Thank you for that. I saw the article reference John Oliver's episode which I saw and appreciated.
I console myself with the thought that these scam artists will reincarnate as laboratory research animals.