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[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, Jesus was against wealth as far how it corrupts people. But if God was completely against it, why would God have made David wealthy? Because its about the person, not the wealth itself.

I'm not denying Jesus's statements of the issues wealth causes people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Are we supposed to act as David does? Slaying the Amalekite messenger, adultery with Bathsheba? (Possibly a gay relationship with Jonathan…?) Is what happens to Absalom a happy ending? Is Nathan’s story of the sheep that “pro wealth”?

The authors of the Gospels weren’t the authors of Samuel and Chronicles anyway. The Bible isn’t a unified document with one voice. I’m not really making an argument about what God would think about wealth, but what the historical Jesus would have thought. The evidence is pretty clear there - he wasn’t a fan of it.