Religion
In reply to the discussion: Atheists Still Waiting for the Origin-of-Life Messiah [View all]Joe Chi Minh
(15,229 posts)the similarity between your quote (abbreviated) and this :
'As it is written: "The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little."
- 2 Corinthians 8:15
.. which appears to have been quoted by the Apostle, Paul, from Exodus.
'When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat.'
Though I don't think actual equality of income is necessary, I favour this translation ('.... did not have too much'), as the disparity between the income of the top 0.00001 % and the rest of mankind now seems to have brought us to the verge of an unprecedented economic collapse, which will be aggravated, particularly in the US by the movement of the population from the rural areas.