[AppyPappy]

Do you attribute the hardships of life to God?

The Prosperity Gospel does not. The Prosperity Gospel teaches that the rewards of life are a blessing which means that God blesses rich atheists.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

“Do you attribute the hardships of life to God?”

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Certainly! “The LORD giveth, the Lord taketh away.” Though I am indeed aware of the Prosperity pimps. We should becareful not to think though that God giving, means we think He only gives. Or that material prosperity is even important in the grand scheme of things, as we are never promised to have an abundance of wealth or perfect health, as the Health and Wealth pimps teach.

[svcw]

It rains on both the just and unjust

[Elsie]

The Prosperity Gospel teaches that the rewards of life are a blessing which means that God blesses rich atheists.

Oh?

The PG does NOT predate THIS; does it??

Matthew 5:45
... you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

as well as...

Psalm 73:3-12

 

3 For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.
5 They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.
6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.
7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
8 They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
10 Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.
11 They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”
12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.