do these people really care about god or just making money off his name?

[aubiefifty 18,258]

in the days when church membership is declinning why are we not trying to get a handle on this?

[aubiefifty 18,258]

some interesting comments...

Prosperity Gospel is perhaps the farthest christian theology has been stretched, even farther than the Inquisition.

It is a social cancer, and is predatory.

In Matthew 25 versus 31 to 46 Jesus says that the only thing that will get you into heaven or kick you out is how well you take care of the poor, hungry, homeless, naked, etc. a**holes like Joel, Osteen, and Kenneth Copeland do not get called out by mainstream Christianity and evangelicals. They spend all their time worrying about abortion and gays, neither of which was ever mentioned by Jesus. If Jesus were to return with the same teachings he would have to go into the witness protection program because these a**holes would have a hit out on him.

It’s not Christianity at all. Christ literally said the opposite. He all but explicitly said the rich were going to hell.

and the magats go absolutely apeshit if you say Jesus was a socialist. i've done it. they're like rabid hyenas.

Matthew 7:21

They may hold a Bible in their hands, but they are not Christians, and unless they turn away from this prosperity gospel they never will be.

As a Christian who has studied the Bible academically, the prosperity gospel is the most dangerous threat to Christianity in today’s world.

It is a complete distortion of what we believe, and it preys upon those who are suffering.

Titus 1:16 "They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."

Jesus would also be called a 'dirty commie'

[creed 1,790]

"Jesus says that the only thing that will get you into heaven or kick you out is how well you take care of the poor, hungry, homeless, naked, etc."

 

Makes perfect sense, and almost true, but you left one thing out. 

 

P.S. I don't agree with prosperity gospel or Joel Osteen.

Edited February 21, 2023 by creed

[creed 1,790]

2 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

some interesting comments...

Prosperity Gospel is perhaps the farthest christian theology has been stretched, even farther than the Inquisition.

It is a social cancer, and is predatory.

In Matthew 25 versus 31 to 46 Jesus says that the only thing that will get you into heaven or kick you out is how well you take care of the poor, hungry, homeless, naked, etc. a**holes like Joel, Osteen, and Kenneth Copeland do not get called out by mainstream Christianity and evangelicals. They spend all their time worrying about abortion and gays, neither of which was ever mentioned by Jesus. If Jesus were to return with the same teachings he would have to go into the witness protection program because these a**holes would have a hit out on him.

It’s not Christianity at all. Christ literally said the opposite. He all but explicitly said the rich were going to hell.

and the magats go absolutely apeshit if you say Jesus was a socialist. i've done it. they're like rabid hyenas.

Matthew 7:21

They may hold a Bible in their hands, but they are not Christians, and unless they turn away from this prosperity gospel they never will be.

As a Christian who has studied the Bible academically, the prosperity gospel is the most dangerous threat to Christianity in today’s world.

It is a complete distortion of what we believe, and it preys upon those who are suffering.

Titus 1:16 "They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."

Jesus would also be called a 'dirty commie'

Fifty, you do know works alone will not get you into heaven…right?