Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: bvw

Something between apathy and introspection.

Christians are not supposed to overly concern themselves with things of this world. Those who love Christ well are unconcerned with property, those who love property too well maybe unconcerned with Christianity, either way is apathetic towards the statement “Christians are fond of property”. Someone who wants to be Christian but is fond of property may find this a point for introspection. The individual must make a choice between Christian identity and fondness for property.

So far as I know, there is no dichotomy between Jewishness and fondness of property. Because both Jewishness and love of property can be unified aspects the same individual, the poem stings with insult.


105 posted on 10/27/2010 5:49:16 PM PDT by Flying Circus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies ]


To: Flying Circus

The sting of insult inverted. Everything you know is wrong — that is a good starting point to allow for the beginning of wisdom, which is Fear of G-d.

G-d made this world and all in it for a reason! To ignore the proper use of all things is a deep callousness to the G-dly.

Money is mentioned early on in the Bible. There is a reason for that. Of all things it is a coin — a half shekel — that G-d demands that his Chosen Ones be counted. The Israelites, fleeing the strictures and hedonism of Egypt are enumerated by means of a half-shekel — that is money. Each tribe, big or small, wealthy or not so, is required to come up with the same amount of offering to outfit the Camp’s Holy Tent of Meeting.

Money is really quite a powerful thing, to be so honored in use.

Those who deny that ‘property’ and ‘money’ are important to safeguard and properly use are in denial of a fundamental G-dly requirement of our lives in this World.


107 posted on 10/27/2010 6:10:43 PM PDT by bvw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson