Britons richer than US

[_JS]

The Church does not believe that the money you have is yours but that it is a blessing from God and ultimately belongs to Him. There is no question of ownership.

I thought it belong to Ceasar??  Go figure

If that is the best you can do then you need to find something more suitable to your style. May I suggest, My Pet Goat?

[Amianthus]

If that is the best you can do then you need to find something more suitable to your style. May I suggest, My Pet Goat?

I think Sears still sells home installable senses of humor.

[_JS]

Oh, I have a sense of humor, it just requires the source material to have some element of wit, comedy, or you know - humor. 

[Amianthus]

Oh, I have a sense of humor, it just requires the source material to have some element of wit, comedy, or you know - humor. 

Must be defective; I found it humorous.

Of course, there are many around here that seem to think throwing food in someone's face is the height of humor, so I understand your confusion.

[_JS]

Oh, I have a sense of humor, it just requires the source material to have some element of wit, comedy, or you know - humor. 

Must be defective; I found it humorous.

Of course, there are many around here that seem to think throwing food in someone's face is the height of humor, so I understand your confusion.

I'm more of the subtle, high-brow type. I'm fond of allusions quite a bit too. Though, on occasion, I admit to a Three Stooges marathon especially if Shemp is there, but never Curly Joe.

For the record, I used to work at Sears and the only sense of humor to be found was watching customers rip off the company non-stop. Everyone should experience a job in the service industry just to understand how full of shit the guy who came up with "the customer is always right" cliche really was!

[sirs]

The Church does not believe that the money you have is yours but that it is a blessing from God and ultimately belongs to Him. There is no question of ownership.

I thought it belong to Ceasar??  Go figure

If that is the best you can do then you need to find something more suitable to your style. May I suggest, My Pet Goat?

Naaa, I'll stick with the true intentions of Christ's teachings vs the socialist application of contorting scripture to fit their ideology

[_JS]

Naaa, I'll stick with the true intentions of Christ's teachings vs the socialist application of contorting scripture to fit their ideology

By all means, what are the "true intentions of Christ's teachings?"

I find this interesting coming from a Protestant who undoubtedly believes in sola scriptura.

Please, teach me.

[_JS]

Actually, I'll start a new thread for it because it deserves that.

[Amianthus]

Everyone should experience a job in the service industry just to understand how full of shit the guy who came up with "the customer is always right" cliche really was!

My job IS service industry.

If you tell the customer that he's wrong, then you don't get paid. Kinda self-defeating.

[_JS]

Everyone should experience a job in the service industry just to understand how full of shit the guy who came up with "the customer is always right" cliche really was!

My job IS service industry.

If you tell the customer that he's wrong, then you don't get paid. Kinda self-defeating.

Give a customer a brand new lawn tractor after he or she has destroyed the one they purchased two years ago because they tried to attach a tool to it that only a garden tractor could handle. Now multiply that stupidity by thousands of stores across America and it is equally self-defeating.

[sirs]

Naaa, I'll stick with the true intentions of Christ's teachings vs the socialist application of contorting scripture to fit their ideology

By all means, what are the "true intentions of Christ's teachings?"

They would include GIVING of ones self and volitionally doing God's will in helping our fellow man

They do NOT include advocating that a 3rd party forcibly TAKE something that belongs to you, and then claim it's not being Christian if you don't support or allow such

The former is along the lines of Christ's teachings.  the latter is along the lines of twisting/contorting scripture to fit a socialist ideology.  Again, it all comes down to free will and choosing paths



I find this interesting coming from a Protestant who undoubtedly believes in sola scriptura.

Please, teach me.
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[_JS]

Surely Christ taught more than that.

Respond to the new thread, please?

[sirs]

Surely Christ taught more than that.  Respond to the new thread, please?

I said INCLUDED.  Of course he taught more than that, but to address your prior flawed points of a supposed pro-taxation Christ, my current response is perfectly adequate. 

Yet somehow the money is now both Ceasar's and God's.  Does that make Ceasar = God?  Is Ceasar, God?

[Amianthus]

Give a customer a brand new lawn tractor after he or she has destroyed the one they purchased two years ago because they tried to attach a tool to it that only a garden tractor could handle. Now multiply that stupidity by thousands of stores across America and it is equally self-defeating.

Doesn't hurt Sears. They would return the lawn tractor to the manufacturer, who will investigate the cause of damage, build in suitable safeguards if possible, add a warning about it to the owners manual, and recycle all the usable parts that they can from the item. All to minimize costs. Also, a number of these type of incidents are built into the manufacturing costs for just this reason; the same thing is done by retail stores to cover "shrinkage" - theft by customers or employees. They know they can't eliminate some loses, so they minimize them and build them into the cost.

[sirs]

Yet somehow the money is now both Ceasar's and God's.  Does that make Ceasar = God?  Is Ceasar, God?

I had a lightbulb go off.......To the religious left, Ceasar (representing Government) IS God....at least in earthly manifestation.  It'd answer alot, such as the disconnect between Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars, and render unto God that which is belongs to God with "The Church does not believe that the money you have is yours but that it is a blessing from God and ultimately belongs to Him. There is no question of ownership" and how folks like Js can actually even fathom the notion that Jesus would support the forced taking of what belongs to someone, in order to give it to someone else.

Of course, maybe, hopefully, he's differentiating between what "the Church" believes and what is truely God's intentions, as relayed thru the Bible.  Let's hope that's the case