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Name: Nick
Location: Newark
Birthday: 1/12/1900
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| The Pope and the Modern Sins
This entry was written for my biblical studies class and I have to do at least six entries so I will post them as I finish and get them graded. Enjoy!
1. Bioethical violations Such as Birth control
2. Morally dubious experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor
6. Excessive wealth
7. Creating poverty
I think some are silly and good things to call out as a problem, but i want to focus on the last three which are (pretty much the same). when i read the fifth one i cant help but think if we didn't live in an individualistic society and didn't strive after the “American Dream.” Now i know that the world wont change over night but i am starting to see that there are christians who are begging to look past the whole gospel that you often heard that said god says we are to be rich. which neglecting the words of Jesus that says sell all you have and give to the poor or even the words in the bible that says to store up treasures in heaven rather than on earth. Which i have now gone into number six. Excessive wealth which i personally think is not necessarily bad but i think money does corrupt and to often when i put on tv i see “christians” saying to give them money and god will bless them and give them an amazing return to help their personal wealth. Shane Claiborne had said in his book Irresistible Revolution that we worship a homeless man on Sunday and reject them on Monday- Saturday. That is slightly extreme and he knows it... It was pulled of the bible where it says the Son of God has no place to lay his head. I have come to find out that in being a christian it isn't about me and it isnt centered around me. Yes, i am saved and reconciled, but after that then we are called to look past ourselves and to serve. Also, in the bible we are told to live by faith and not by sight. (now i know this will be extreme and i am trying to save so that i will be able to use my common sense to be financially secure) but when we worry about our own wealth and try to work and work and work to get money and save it and to build up our own wealth then we are no longer fully trusting god but in our own ability to be financial security. So my problem i have with that is that we are no longer giving our whole person to God and we are living to build up our kingdom here on earth. | | |
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Unknown Precip... what does that mean. Does that mean Squirrels or apples or satellites are falling.... or maybe we didn't the great alien in the sky got sick and is now throwing up large amounts of the usual alien diet of small planets, people and toxic gas (which condenses and turns into a form of rain). Or maybe the unknown precip is our own doing like acid rain or something.... or maybe just maybe the weather has no idea if there is any precip falling.... | | |
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Philly airport now has free wifi... on the weekends but it is always free for College students... WOHOOOOO | | |
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Please don't delay my plane... Well I am excited to dive in all that tulsa has to offer.... like... great chinese food, Chedders, Great Chai's, and barbeque. I guess tulsa mostly offers food (and Dollar Movies). In a couple days Cassidy will be out and once again we will all be reunited...
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| Hey,
I went to the McDonalds (the one in wal-mart in elkton) and they now sell a chicken biscuit thingy for breakfast. and they sell if for the total price of .99 Cents. That's right. its less than a penny. So hurry up for this once in a lifetime event. Tomorrow i am going to go and try and get me a cheap cheap breakfast... Wish me luck. | | |
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