Like I said, theology is subjective where those who study professionally frequently disagree with each other on biblical teachings and context. Who are you to decide how Christian someone who practices the faith is? Even clergy in these modern times don’t have that authority, and I’m supposed to take the word of someone who spouts empty and politically offensive rhetoric on the sorts of matters Jesus distanced himself from? You really are full of yourself.
I was replying to what Linguist said earlier, I didn’t care to reply to whatever point you were trying to make.
Property rights and free market didn’t exist for the most part in biblical times so how would Jesus have supported them? The economy then was mostly agricultural with farmers being serfs because they were victims of crooked loaning schemes from lenders who controlled most, if not all, of the resources. Those lenders demanded payments that were impossible for the farmers to meet, and consequently, those farmers had to sell their lands to said lenders while forced to work what used to be their lands for next-to-nothing. The only ones who had property rights and free market in those times were the lenders. From what I was taught, Jesus was against that sort of treatment towards people. He said something about how the poor are blessed, and how a camel would have an easier time fitting through the eye of a needle than a rich man would have entering Heaven. Also, Jesus hardly dealt with the Romans and stayed away from politics. Up until the end of his life, he was a nobody to the Romans.
Why am I required to have “favorite theological virtues”? Theology is subjective and making a competition out of virtues is a pointless endeavor that goes against the purpose of virtue. The teachings of Christianity lay out a good blueprint to follow. No one can follow these teachings to the letter and people sin while making efforts to follow said teachings. To sin is human which is why Christianity also teaches about forgiveness for sins. Also, I’m not required to prove my Christian faith to you nor are you required to prove yours to me. Christianity does teach about loving neighbors and giving to those in need, but it also teaches to not boast about such deeds. Your faith is your concern and my faith is my concern.
Christ is often recognized as the most liberal man who ever lived. I mean, educating the ignorant, feeding the hungry, and healing the sick ALL FOR FREE certainly didn’t make him a good capitalist.
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I have to laugh at people who come here to call Wiley a troll because 1) drawing and posting these comics on this website is Wiley’s job and 2) these folks give the impression that their arms are being twisted to visit the Non Sequitur page. They’re so precious.
Most youths I met and worked with were optimistic that taking a good thing too far would have unfortunate consequences.