Quote (Thor123422 @ Aug 4 2017 09:51am)
And if you aren't wiling to give your belongings to the poor you are placing them above gods orders.
Jesus also was pretty clear about the world ending soon after his resurrection, so that's another important piece of context. He didn't think his followers would need to live that long after giving their belongings away.
...no
Again not based in Biblical reality. Where does that "and if" come from in the Bible? That's pure conjecture.
Ending "soon" can mean a lot of things, it's purposefully vague Soon does not mean 40 days, 40 years or 400 years. Your last sentence again is conjecture, Jesus says himself that no one knows when the final hour will come only God the Father knows.
If your last statement was true, which is not, that means he would be contradicting himself.
Quote (dro94 @ Aug 4 2017 09:54am)
I might if you provide some contradicting verses. I'm not one of those atheists that takes every opportunity to take a swipe at religious people, I don't care what religious beliefs people hold as long as they don't infringe on other people's rights. I get the feeling you are being hostile to my question because I'm dissing your religion but in actuality I just want someone with more theological knowledge than me to explain something I always wondered about.
Verses do not contradict in proper context, taking them out of context will lead to contradictions.
Read this little page, it will take you a whole of 90 seconds and give you an overview on what God has to say on stewardship. There's also a link to Bible verses that supports what he says.
https://christianpf.com/are-you-a-good-steward/Quote (IceMage @ Aug 4 2017 09:58am)
Your sarcasm detector is broken.
Fooled me brah
This post was edited by ofthevoid on Aug 4 2017 11:10am