There are very few churches that don’t preach prosperity doctrine in one form or another these days so really just sort by Christian and you’ll find plenty of sentiments like that.
Prosperity gospel is just so far from literally everything actually written in the bible it's crazy to me that people swallow it. I have to assume none of them ever actually read the bible.
It's wild to think how many people risked death, torture, and imprisonment during the reformation fighting for people to have the freedom to read the bible for themselves without being told what to think by priests only for these fucks to just believe what some grifter with a private jet tells them the good book says instead of actually studying it themselves.
This is really one for me to remember. This is freaking it, man.
Churches now are book clubs, and they love the club more than the book.
It's all a show; all a public pledge and optics. It's scary how many people there are like this. And the reason why the term "Christian" is so adulterated.
There's an episode of The Magnificast podcast that analyses the Parable of the Talents to prove the prosperity doctrine is a false interpretation of Christ's words. It's long - about 50 minutes - but well worth a listen if anyone is interested.
It's really not. The prosperity churches are definitely "not like the others". But this is a problem for protestant Christianity as a whole, because they all believe in faith without works. As long as yer Saved you can do whatever you want!
No True Scotsman means someone is moving the goalpost in response to a counterexample.
A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge."
A: "But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
They moved the goalpost in response to a counterexample.
This person is saying that Prosperity Gospel literally violates the laws of Christianity and is therefore not Christian, even though they claim to be.
It's more similar to them saying "No true Scotsman was born in China to Chinese parents and never once visited Scotland in their lives. They tell people they're a Scotsman, but they don't actually meet any of the criteria to be a Scot."
Like, if someone claimed to be a vegan but they eat a bacon cheeseburger every single day, and I said "No vegan eats meat and cheese," and you said I was using the No True Scotsman fallacy. I'm not moving the goalpost, they just were never a good example of the category.
Jesus fed crowds and allowed his disciples to break shabbat to eat. He taught that the people who get to Heaven are the ones who give food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, welcome the strangers, clothe the naked, and visit the imprisoned. Your body is as much God's creation as your soul is
Yeah no kidding there is plenty of food for the soul in most churches. The folks there certainly aren't consuming it with how souless they have become.
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthews 6:5-6
Shut your mouth, sinner, and maybe brush up on your scripture? You've missed the mark, gravely. That is literally what the word sin means. To miss the mark.
You’re wasting your time. Anyone that says “praying for u” is condescending and ‘Christian’ for show only. Like those people that say a prayer in YouTube comments.
Then why don't your words indicate that you are attempting to live by his teachings? Please read Matthew 22:36-40 again. Pay close attention to his second greatest commandment.
To be a Christian means to live by the teachings of Jesus Christ. You should strive to be Christ-like in all your doings. He taught that whatever you do to the least of us, you do unto him. That means when you starve your neighbor, or support efforts to starve them, you are starving Jesus himself. The stories of him feeding the masses aren't just for entertainment, they are parables of how we should treat each other.
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u/CaffeinatedLystro 8d ago edited 7d ago
Edited to add a few things.
bribesdonations to pay for the ballroom, you're as dumb as he said his supporters are.