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I was actually just reading Max Weber today. The radical change in Christianity over time is astounding. Jesus: "consider the lilies of the field, how they gro
by CompanyLaser 12y ago
I was actually just reading Max Weber today. The radical change in Christianity over time is astounding.
Jesus: "consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin thread"
...I don't think he meant that literally, but he definitely didn't mean, "work as hard as you can so you can give a little to charity yet still anonymously hire tons of people to make you nice things"
- et1337 12y agoThat passage is meant to keep you from worrying, not from working. Later on there's this: "Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands."
- thret 12y agoChristianity was never for the rich: “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor” and "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” - Mark 10:21+
- throwaway43 12y agoThey also serve who only stand and wait.