Reverend Encourages Shoplifting?

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[hollaboutit]

i glad the god you're talking about isn't real. you superstiuous fool. because a god that allows the poor to be crushed by the rich and greedy since the beginning of time, i think, would be more merciful. this kind of stupidity is why people hate christians. a person who is starving has less of a choice than you do. which sins do you commit? miss holier than thou. fix you.

[hollaboutit]

you'd think by 2010, we stop believing in fantasy. know we got science and proof. it matters that you're black because our people have been fed this false religion in order to keep you subordinate. it also has our African people killing each other. it has also caused many wars, including the one against the Native American. don't be stupid, smart people don't care about your ignorant superstition. that was the point of my first comment, "you are to ignorant to have your opinion valued" quiet.

[dnlxl]

@bAmpersand Yep.

[dangerouslytalented]

... unless the Texas Board of Education has something to do with it...

[herpiethelovebug]

I watched it, it was pretty pathetic. You can believe in what you like, the VP doesn't care. Ideally there will be no religion in society once people are educated to their fullest capabilities, but people are going to believe whatever they want to, and that's fine. Peter Joseph may not have all the facts correct, but in my mind the theme is correct. There is no God, look at the state of the world for proof of that. I mean really, it is all in your head, no proof exists.

[tantrikwizard]

@OnWisconsin42, Sure, help the kids, take them away from their dead beat, parasite, bottom feeding parents. No criminal should have a child in their care.

[hitokiri657]

I do agree with the clerk , and robin hood. Steal from the rich !!!

[OnWisconsin42]

@tantrikwizard yeah!!!! fuck those children!!! no one should help them becuase their parents made choices beyond their control. yeah!!!!

[ckilr01]

It is allowed to shoplift from the Christian standpoint as long as it is not covetous. It is not permissable to do so for any reason except out of absolute necessity such as during Katrina when the pharmacies were closed and that elderly lady needed heart medication but had no access to it, so the son broke in and took it in order to prevent her death.

[cheerlessdarkndeadly]

Even if I'm personalising the issue you seem intent on dragging down a wayward path. I was drawn to your initial post because of your ideas about looking after yourself first, then others later. I don't think it works that way, and even as a student on a part time wage, I feel that it is right for me still to help others if I can. I think you are right to attack those who abuse welfare systems, but that isn't charity, it's just nationalised insurance. Charity is an altogether different thing.

[tantrikwizard]

Forget about me you fool, you're personalizing the issue, it has nothing to do with me. Obligatory 'charity' and the notion of entitlement to things without earning them is evil just like this satanic priest. Charity by choice makes you feel good. Charity by force (which is not charity at all) or theft is evil. Taking from one to give to another doesn't help either in the long run. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

[cheerlessdarkndeadly]

It's interesting that you say 'life sucks' in your post. Have you not considered that helping others may make your life better, or at least make you feel better about your life? What does it say about you that you have resigned yourself to this idea that your life will never be fulfilling or worthwhile? You may not be 'obligated' to help anyone, but how many of the things that we are 'obligated' to do, or effecttively obligated to do by circumstance, actually make anyone's lives better?