Christianity, Once "Borderline Illegal", Is Now Silicon Valley’s New Religion(www.vanityfair.com)
14 pointsby mgh212 hours ago7 comments
  • jleyank12 hours ago
    They’re increasing donations to the poor, curing the sick, turning the other cheek, reducing judging people and thinking less of money and more of the hereafter? Great! That will come in handy during the next earthquakes, hurricanes or tornados as helping others will be stressed.

    Or do you mean they are “prosperity Christians” that don’t actually follow any of the tenets of the religion?

    • ndsipa_pomuan hour ago
      I don't understand how someone can hoard wealth and be called a Christian.

      Matthew 6:24: “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

  • jll2912 hours ago
    Matthew 19:24

    [online: https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-24.htm]

    • mgh211 hours ago
      I am more prone to believe the rich always play games to maximize public approval (for votes or sales) with stories they want you to believe.

      Much like Trump, they are playing PR/politics due to the culture shift.

      > Rich and powerful people have quite a different attitude and approach to truth and lies and games compared to ordinary people. https://youtu.be/m6lObdE3s10?t=245

      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44733706

      • ndsipa_pomu39 minutes ago
        The vast majority of the rich got their money by extracting it from lots of other people (e.g. not paying staff their worth or over-pricing goods and services etc) and so they usually have a default belief that other people exist to be fleeced by them.
    • nikolay12 hours ago
      Do you even understand what the verse means?!
      • quantified12 hours ago
        Probably very well. What do you call a "Christian" who believes Jesus did some stuff but doesn't follow his teachings? Besides "superstitious", that is.

        I suspect it's performative. Going to church, praying with others, these are performances. Doing the good deeds is what counts.

        • ndsipa_pomu42 minutes ago
          I don't understand how someone can believe that Jesus was divine and the son of God etc, but then choose to discard his teachings. That seems to me be far more damning than someone who does not believe in Jesus.
        • jleyank11 hours ago
          Hypocrite?
      • silverquiet10 hours ago
        Is it one of those things where it doesn't mean what it obviously means? I gave up studying the Bible because there were too many of those for me to follow.

        But it seems to me like it would be crazy hard to push a camel through a needle. Also, it's one of those things where I think the translation is a bit off. Apparently the word in Aramaic is said like "gamla" which does sound rather like camel, but also meant rope, which makes a lot more sense in context, though still pretty difficult to get through a needle.

  • LargoLasskhyfv3 hours ago
    ICH CHILLE UND SEHE

    MEIN IST DIE LAICH UND DER SAFT

    JETZT UND IN KLEBRIGKEIT

    SAMEN

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