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Originally posted by Nephalim
Not to uhhh, ignore the Christian part of your post there but...
Community farming/gardening is a good start.
Start local. Feed your neighbor. Everyone can pitch in. Even the homeless. Did you know, if the city, any city anywhere just took a small portion of collected taxes, built a community greenhouse and purchased materials needed to get started, these poor people would have jobs? Many people would not have to look for work. Aquaculture, aeroponics and any other sort of urban Ag is readily available to anyone who wants to learn and help make a difference.
With that said, I do not think nor believe that anyone should give up everything they have and own to the poor. There is no real reason to.edit on 27-8-2011 by Nephalim because: (no reason given)
Name one thing you do other than moving and thinking to make your world
Originally posted by Nephalim
reply to post by SuperiorEd
Name one thing you do other than moving and thinking to make your world
Clarify- "To make my world?"edit on 27-8-2011 by Nephalim because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by SuperiorEd
Lol man, i'm already poor. I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel as is. As to the OP, misleading title, you can't be perfect no matter how hard you try only Jesus was perfect. You can pretend to be perfect, and end up being a hypocrit. No sinner is perfect, and make no bones about it, saved people are still sinners were just forgiven and redeemed.
Yeah i've run into other christians who think theyre perfect, they go to church every sunday, sit on the front pew and praise Jesus, then after service is over immediately go to the nearest steakhouse and stuff themselves into commiting gluttony while some homeless guy is behind the restaraunt dumpster diving. Then the next day rolls around, and while hubby or wifey are gone to work they bang their next door neighbor and commit adultery and the sin of lust. No, joke i have seen these people do this and they say they follow Jesus. Sorry but i follow Jesus too and i don't do any of that stuff. Jesus said there would be false prophets claiming to be one of his, and he was right "depart from me you workers of iniquity, for i knew you not".edit on 27-8-2011 by lonewolf19792000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by nake13
reply to post by SuperiorEd
For a start,scrap the exorbitant tax rates levied on the poorer strata of society,ditto the fuel and heating taxes,i'm sure that your Jesus would have advocated that their physical wellbeing be taken care of first,the spiritual can follow later.
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by SuperiorEd
Originally posted by Nephalim
Originally posted by nake13
reply to post by SuperiorEd
For a start,scrap the exorbitant tax rates levied on the poorer strata of society,ditto the fuel and heating taxes,i'm sure that your Jesus would have advocated that their physical wellbeing be taken care of first,the spiritual can follow later.