God's Elect Rewarded with Luxury and Money


	God's Elect Rewarded with Luxury and Money

abailart

8-16-2009 6:45 AM

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christianity and its discontents

abailart says:

Blessed are the poor for they make us rich?

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8-16-2009 7:20 AM

chestnut501

They're a bunch of low life con artists.

8-16-2009 7:49 AM

carrerinyes

That's just plain wrong

8-16-2009 8:53 AM

shaor

chex has hit the nail on the head!

8-16-2009 10:46 AM

jay8h

(Jud 1:11) Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit

8-16-2009 1:30 PM

BartendingBear

Reminds me of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the wealthiest institutions in the world.

8-16-2009 6:17 PM

gzuckier

"hey, i live in a dump, the place where i work is a shithole, at least i get to go to church in a nice place"

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