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Selfless love? How is such a thing even possible? Keep in mind that you are to love thy neighbor as thyself, not in spite of thyself.Alas, it is you who are overlooking God's word, and substituting man's wisdom.
Jesus went out of his way on a number of occasions to point out that his listeners, notably the more worldly, monied members of the religious / political Establishment, continually and very wrongly interpreted natural virtues as supernatural ones; when in fact, the very term is self-explanatory.
Worse, still, they do so at the expense of the supernatural counterparts of such natural virtues, the supernatural virtues being inspired by the grace of the Holy Spirit, selfless love, the active ingredient in all the virtues.
The rich of Jesus' time were not self made men, industrialists and capitalists, they were the opposite. Their wealth was a result of their political power, their birth, and their ability conquer and tyrannize.There are very few people who would prefer not to work. "Do not the tax-collectors/robbers/heathen do as much?" is probably what Jesus would say, as he said on a number of occasions regarding the natural virtues. It is a wicked sin dating back to early biblical times to blame the poor for being poor, allegedly not seeking or accepting employment; when the truth is tha the general public are dependent on the monied people to provide work for them providing a living wage; instead of which, again on the most medacious of grounds, they have been assiduouly "outsourcing" the jobs abroad.
So Ambition in regards to ones own well being is a 'pernicious vice.' I guess that would make sloth a virtue in your eyes then. Now who's substituting his own 'wisdom for Gods?Even the Church, itself, has failed down the centuries to stress, as Jesus and his Evangelists did, that Ambition is a singularly pernicious vice, and I think it's fair to say that, as a result, it has now become a tacit part of the canon of Christian virtues! The only proper ambition for a Christian is to lead a devout life. In doing this he will automatically be an exemplar of conscientious application in his work, always doing it, not to please his employer, but for the glory of God.
It is not that the left wishes to redress what they see as wrong that is the issue. It is how they go about it that is. To paraphrase here, you dont do evil that good may come. Try a solution that doesnt involve you engaging in the very practice you denounce--theft.As for the redistribution of wealth being a no-no for Christians, you seem to be totally unaware that the left is only trying to redress the worst excesses of the redistribution by the rich of God's bounty, which was/is intended for all his children. How is it you do not see the plank in the eyes of the rich, yet deplore the speck in the eyes of the poorer folk?
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