So I am out with my family for Father’s Day and we passed a church who had:
“What’s your favorite Bible verse? Post it on our Facebook.”
And it got me to wondering how they would react if someone started posting all of the verses from their storybook that specifically call out the behavior of modern Christians. All the ones about welcoming immigrants and providing shelter and care for the poor, or deriding capitalism. Wonder what would happen if people did that en masse? I almost want to write a bot to go through and do it.
That’s too good to have to search:
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need
2 Corinthians 8:14 (NIV) At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality,
Oh dear. Those Christians based their whole religion on communism!
This might help https://skepticsannotatedbible.com/processlong.php?cid=5&pub=1
Still saying they were holding out their hands with a cheesy grin everytime they talked about money.
Like Joel Osteen. “It’s hard for rich men to get to heaven, so buy me another private jet. The new model.”
I am reminded of the Military Voices Initiative in which the US Army encouraged people to share their best army experiences on (Pre-X) Twitter. Incoming tweets told tales like My commanding officer hosed me so I’d have to serve a full eight year term but wouldn’t get my college fund or I was serial raped by four guys in my unit and when I tried to report it I was given a general discharge.
Leviticus 19:13-16 (NIV)
'Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ 'Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
I’d mention the one about giving daughters to be gang raped, but honestly I think that would just reinforce current behaviors. I think the collective meh would be more horrifying than the quote.