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In reply to the discussion: The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)45. It must be a cultural thing. The expression was Christianity 101 when I was growing up.
Some old-fashioned, liberal Christians do believe that and feel humbled. One stated an analogy to the 'you can't take it with you' saying and the 'consider the lilies of the field' verse.
She expressed it as "The money I have was given by God, but it belongs to Him, not me. It's not for me to hold but to pass from my hands to others."
Conservatives are dedicated to wiping out that form of Christianity. They have even set up a Wiki, IIRC, to delete all of the 'liberal, collectivist' verses from the Bible. A google search on verses now show a lot of garbage results to push conservatism and one has to scroll to find the original text.
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The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
And pretty soon, the newly-homed are in positions to become contributing members of society.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#1
Seattle did. They were widely dissed by talk radio for building a 'drunk motel' for people who were
freshwest
Apr 2015
#9
And, that's the rub...the puritan mind-twist is so strong in the 'Murcan psyche.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#10
Social Darwinim is the survival of the fittest economically, eugenics by wealth. Very Ayn Rand but
freshwest
Apr 2015
#18
I suspected you were using it, but wanted to explain it in case some were NEVER taught about it.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#25
It must be a cultural thing. The expression was Christianity 101 when I was growing up.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#45
I didn't take it as "shaming" San Francisco... where I also live and (luckily) own a home.
deurbano
Apr 2015
#23
I understand the popularity of this story, but it is not applicable everywhere.
maxsolomon
Apr 2015
#13