The post that was quoted here has been removedNigel Farage has absolutely nothing to do with whether divegeester believes that turning biblical scripture into a left-wing political banner is fraught with hypocrisy.
Nor does Nigel Farage have anything to do with whether or not divegeester loathes Christian socialism. And KazetNagorra has nothing to do with either.
The post that was quoted here has been removedSo, KazetNagorra said this to divegeester. So what? What does it have to do with turning biblical scripture into a left-wing political banner being fraught with hypocrisy? What does it have to do with divegeester supposedly loathing Christian socialism, as you are asserting?
The post that was quoted here has been removedSo, OK, you disagree with divegeester over the EU ~ to the extent that you believe his views are "evil" or, at least, you are quoting someone does. I get that. "Evil". "Racism". "Farange". But what does all that have to do with supposedly "loathing Christian socialism" or believing left-wing Christian stances are prone to hypocrisy?
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The post that was quoted here has been removedAs mentioned above, I think it has to do with the division of attention between worldly attachments and the kingdom of God. Cf. the verses about "serving two masters."
On the other hand, the Bible also contains verses such as, "God has plans to prosper you," which I think must have been involved in the "Protestant work ethic" (which implies that well-off people have the favor of God and poor people have His disfavor), as well as the more recent "Prosperity Gospel" of Joel Osteen and others.
Somewhere I read that "camel" might be a mistranslation of "rope" [they share the same letters (at least in Aramaic)] -- just a side-note, of course, as the implication of difficulty is there in either case.
Does the Axial Age come up often in this forum? This is the period starting about 800 years B.C.E. when post-tribal human societies were becoming more complex and when disparities between rich and poor were becoming more pronounced -- which forms the social backdrop for the rise of some notable philosophers and wisdom-teachers in different locations.
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Oops! Sorry for potentially derailing the thread by responding to the OP rather than the current flow.
So, may I ask what British Christians think of social programs such as the NHS and council housing? From over here in the US, I thought these came out of British Christian concern for the other, but of course this could be a misinterpretation.
I understand that one can be Christian and economically conservative, with the idea that charity should be voluntary rather than centrally enforced (or extorted, as some might put it).
The post that was quoted here has been removed"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." - 1 Timothy 6:9-10 KJV