Are these profits of the poor or healer's of GOD
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I'm not totally sure that these people's actions are fully from God. Not to be like anti-God or anything please don't assume, but Satan also has powers that influence people and can eventually take over their lives. Being a Christian, I don't believe that these men are really doing what you think they are, but I'm not speaking for the whole Christian body, just for me. On the counter, there's nowhere in the Bible that says, "miracle healers are fake," but I can't believe that this is true. There is a passage in the Bible that talks about weak Christians (people who believe that they have to wear a certain thing, look a certain way, do certain things, etc. not saying that they aren't Christians, they are) and strong Christians, (who believe that we can come to Jesus as we are and that He is the sacrifice for our sins.) I think that these miracle healers are the weaker Christians and the strong Christians must help them see that they don't have to do that. They think that they have to heal and touch people to make them well, when really the miracle is from God. I hope that you can make sense of all this. This is a very difficult passage of Scripture to understand.
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Hate is always bad.  Jesus said to love the poor and show mercy to them, and help them.  Rich people are not God.
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I find religion goes well with Linquine Alfredo and a light Chianti. Capitalism and religion is an unholy alliance. Churches like the Catholic and Mormon Church are more profitable than many large corporations or even nations. Money is a necessary evil for churches.  The Mormon Church used to advise its members to abstain from Pepsi and other drinks that contained caffeine, until they bought large amounts of Pepsi stock.  Money in religion is the tail wagging the dog. As tax free entities they have a huge advantage. No one is forced to put money in the collection plate, but it is hard not to feel obligated when everyone around you does. This doesn't bother me. They have to pay the bills. What does bother me is the thought of TV evangelists flying around in Lear jets to talk little old ladies into putting them into their will. Still there is the good side. I took a load of used goods to a Salvation Army donation site and the man told me there were fifty men working in the warehouse trying to turn their lives around. The money was being used to change lives and not make the man at the top rich. But money does corrupt and leads to abuse, even among the faithful.
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Religious laws? Like when people decide that oil companies are too 'greedy' and need to be taxed more. Or when people decide that rich people are too 'greedy' and need to be taxed more? Or when people decide that they will use the power of government to take money out of your pocket and give it to somebody else as a matter of 'charity' or 'compassion'? Those type of Marxist morality laws? Yes, they are evil indeed.
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"To whom much is given much will be expected."  Remember the story of the poor woman at the Temple who gave her last two pennies?  Her contribution counted far more than the huge donations of the wealthy men.  Also, we are told, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.  But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."  Finally, Jesus says "the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those that find it."  \n\nSo my take on it?  VERY hard for wealthy people to get into heaven.  My reasoning is that these people are unwilling to give away their wealth to those who need it.  When they have the means, they turn their back on the poor.  Yes, I know that frequently the wealthy give huge sums to Church or charity, but this is very little compared to what they posess.  Jesus told the wealthy man - who, remember, was a good Jew who kept the Commandments - to sell off everything he owned and give the proceeds to the poor.  People who cannot do that to the extent that they are still living in luxary are attempting to serve two masters, which is impossible.
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Yes, I do give food and clothing to the poor and needy...I don't believe in god...but I also don't believe in letting people starve....I do object though to organizations that I have given money to--repeatedly mailing me and asking for more money( I feel as if the money I gave all went to paper and postage); and I feel insulted when they say that they will pray for me. I don't want that.
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Yes my Friend, what is God , It's believe and believe is in side you ,if you heart and mind is agree with you and then answer is yes.No God is for money making,but now These priests and other peoples made it money making sou res.
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An excellent question.........I don't understand that either........ask the Pope who lives in unbelievable wealth while just outside the Vatican are poor and hungry people begging.
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depends on the religion...some absolutely require tithes (like the mormons), for others it's completely voluntary.\n\nTithing is a way for a religious group to extract money from its followers to continue to run the organization and make it stronger.  It's a tax on belonging to that religious organization that requires it.  supposedly god doesn't need money, so why should "his" organization need it?  Why doesn't god just supply them with what they need?
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Capitalist represents freedom, and that's what Christianity's all about. As far as yor references, this is amongst willing Christians, to help each other out. Never forced. Never state-run.
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Yes, It is, but God already took care of them. It's all about a Totalitarian Dictatorship in Heaven. God is the Joseph Stalin / Idi Amin of the heavens.
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Well, I can see how you would believe that, but I have an inside track on something that has nothing to do with money.  I've felt the hand of God in my life.  I'm poor.  I've seen His miracles touch the lives of those around me.  I've heard His voice call to me from a distance and heard His voice whisper to me from close to me.  I know there is a God because I have felt Him in the inner most part of my being.  Doesn't matter who does what with money.  I have no money (save the less than $100 in my checking account), and I can still testify to the fact that there is a God that cares for me regardless of any business side to any religion.
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It depends, if you're materialistic. Some are miserable or unsatisfied, how can you explain those who are financially successful but in the end are trying to end their lives?Some may say that money is the root of all evil.Case in point, bank robberies and petty thievery.But it depends.Money is also the root of goodness when used for its purpose:ie, charities and donations.As one saying goes:"MONEY CAN BUY A FINE DOG BUT ONLY LOVE CAN WAG ITS TAIL."
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Actually, this is of great debate. Some people say that human nature is good, possibly because of our tendency toward community and moral universalism (which is a debate among a few also). However, some people also say it is human nature to be evil and that is exploited in modern society with the loss of God as a societal focal point.  I actually believe that as humans, we are neutral because we have the ability to do great things on both sides of the spectrum.\n\nHowever, I noticed that you're comparing sins, murder and criminality (like stealing and lying) and saying stealing to live is not a sin. I agree with you! But the problem is that we live in a society built on capitalism, which demands that goods are made cheaply and sold for great profit. Workers are exploited, and there's a large mass of poor people to support the system. Capitalism cannot work any other way. It's not necessarily the rich people's fault.\n\nThe real problem is what we are taught growing up.  Everyone is told that if only they work hard enough, they all can earn lots of money and be happy, the American Dream to be middle class and middle management, if not higher. First of all, money doesn't bring happiness. And second of all, capitalism cannot function with a lot of people being more than the "poor" level, so people are forced to live in situations where they don't have enough food or money to pay rent. Surviving is not sinning.\n\nThat was addressing criminality as a sin part. Now you ask why god gave us evil. We, as people, are like the world and are neutral. The world creates many natural disasters which destroy and kill. This is part of its cycle. God is our guiding influence toward good, but since people are capable of evil and have free will, no one can stop someone from choosing destruction if that's their ultimate choice (what they would choose beyond others' talking to them, etc.)  Simply, God did not introduce evil. God introduced free will, which ran the risk of evil even though great things were possible through good. It was a risk factor and we have to learn through society to moderate those that are not choosing the best options, and this society does not best facilitate that.\n\nEDIT: And to respond to those that say evil is from Satan. The Bible stories are just that, stories to explain to ancient people why things are the way they are in the world.\n\nI do not believe in Satan. I believe it is a philosophical argument we examined from Anselm (a Christian philosopher if you must know.)  God is eternal, infinite, incorruptible. The only one.  God is also pure good. Evil is the absence of good, so everything has differing degrees of good and evil in them. Satan represents the entire lack of good, pure evil. But if Satan is pure evil, he is incorruptible (cannot be made more evil), but the only incorruptible thing, is God. So Satan does not exist at all because Satan cannot be the same as God.\n\nSatan does not tempt people to sin, people choose it of their own free will.
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The money has the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" printed on it.  When you pick up money off the ground you're receiving a reward from God.  God is providing for you.
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OH MY GOD!!! I was just thinking that today.\nI had read in a tabloid that there are approx 798 BILLIONARES. But they never mentioned the poor. If there are so many rich people, then couldn't they spare a little to help out a fellow human being?? Even save some starving people from sure death?\n\nNO all they want is more and more money (most of them)!!!! How selfish and stingy is that?!\n\nPEOPLE, DONATE TO THE POOR. Don't you think that it is shameful that a person that has very little is more generous than a person that has more than his share? THINK ABOUT THAT PEOPLE AND START CHANGING...
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I see the answer in the question, If you are rich,then you are keeping it all to yourself, laying up treasure on earth.If you gave the money to feed the hungry, house the homeless,pay doctors for the ill, then you would no longer be rich,in the earthly sense.