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baldguy

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26. Too many un-Christian "Christians" believe that being poor is a sin.

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:50 AM

Jul 2012

Living in poverty is at once a punishment by God and an offense against God. Any suffering that less fortunate people suffer is right & just.

The realization of the fact that middle-class people have more on common with poor people and almost nothing in common with rich people never surfaces in their parochial, mean little minds.

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Walmart Greeter Buys 6-Pack of Beer & Is Condemned [View all] Klukie Jul 2012 OP

Thanks for the link to that incredibly well-stated article. DebJ Jul 2012 #1

Me too. Mz Pip Jul 2012 #6

Let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more. (Proverbs 31:7) part man all 86 Jul 2012 #2

Thank you for that one. I have a good use for that one. Lochloosa Jul 2012 #25

Hell, if I worked at Walmart I'd have bought a case of beer. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #3

Case? I'd buy the fucking keg!! Initech Jul 2012 #11

If you worked at Wal-Mart, you couldn't afford to rent a keg Scootaloo Jul 2012 #27

Nothing worse than the smug middle-class person who does everything they can Zoeisright Jul 2012 #4

It would be so nice that this middle class ass gets a taste of what a working poor family southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #8

This is just made up. Who exactly condemned a Walmart employee for buying beer? TheManInTheMac Jul 2012 #5

Amongst my friends and me, we've been discussing this topic lately. YellowRubberDuckie Jul 2012 #10

Thing is, there is no indication in this fable that the Walmart greeter is receiving any kind of TheManInTheMac Jul 2012 #13

Odds Of It Are Pretty Good, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2012 #19

I admit that I just skimmed the article. But I saw nowhere where the persons A Simple Game Jul 2012 #23

It figures that OK would force state employees to read that hack's book Major Nikon Jul 2012 #16

I don't know anything about the book or the author. YellowRubberDuckie Jul 2012 #34

She's a hack that sells thinly veiled racism Major Nikon Jul 2012 #40

"Bridges Out of Poverty" is a steaming pile of crap. Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #17

It's much worse than that Major Nikon Jul 2012 #21

Sometimes what we "see with our own eyes" Tsiyu Jul 2012 #24

Watched the person in the Hummer walk into our office and apply and get food stamps. YellowRubberDuckie Jul 2012 #35

Really Tsiyu Jul 2012 #41

They don't... YellowRubberDuckie Jul 2012 #42

I see Tsiyu Aug 2012 #43

I didn't necessarily say there was fraud going on there.... YellowRubberDuckie Aug 2012 #44

Why on earth would someone make that up? Major Nikon Jul 2012 #14

Way to completely miss the point. 99Forever Jul 2012 #33

Must be nice to live such a sheltered middle class life. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #38

That Is Spot On, Ma'am: Thank You For Sharing It The Magistrate Jul 2012 #7

A friend told me a long time ago Mopar151 Jul 2012 #29

The poor should spend their money on something useful..like a dressage horse. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #9

Too tough and stringy. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #12

Like this gem that's floating around Facebook... AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #15

Your counter-meme is the truth! Risen Demon Jul 2012 #18

That's probably one of, if not the best blog I have ever seen. No I am not Jane Devin. Monk06 Jul 2012 #20

+1000 Kennah Jul 2012 #22

Too many un-Christian "Christians" believe that being poor is a sin. baldguy Jul 2012 #26

Well Said panzerfaust Jul 2012 #28

I saw this on my friends FB page and had to post it Klukie Jul 2012 #30

What sort of an awful nation have.. 99Forever Jul 2012 #31

It's amazing how much hatred people show toward poor people gollygee Jul 2012 #32

Welcome to my life. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #36

A society wide "Poor House" exists in this country... WCGreen Jul 2012 #37

That was a great read Lifelong Protester Jul 2012 #39