Originally posted by PudgenikI have been to churches that the collection plate was never passed around. It remained at the door so donations could be given at the beginning or the end of the service if desired.
Isn't it amazing that the collection plate always goes around before we receive the Word at every church? Which is more important? God or the money?
Originally posted by whodey"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." -- Matthew 19:24, KJV
All you athiest lefties may be in the process of being seduced by the new Pope. He is demanding that governments around the world seize wealth in their countries to redistribute to the poor.
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-demands-legitimate-redistribution-wealth-103132075.html
Now many here that know me may think that I'm upset with the Pope. However, aft ...[text shortened]... e, couldn't be, that would be hypocritical and we all know the Pope is incapable of that, right?
Don't come here preaching capitalism.
You either, Ron.
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." -- Matthew 21:12-13
Capitalists = thieves. Yep, sounds about right to me.
Originally posted by SuzianneCapitalism can be used by thieves, but so can socialism and communism.
"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." -- Matthew 19:24, KJV
Don't come here preaching capitalism.
You either, Ron.
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the m ...[text shortened]... a den of thieves." -- Matthew 21:12-13
Capitalists = thieves. Yep, sounds about right to me.
