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Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor. The "prosperity gospel" people make me ill. It's almost the exact opposite of Christianity, in my opinion. The combination

Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor. The "prosperity gospel" people make me ill. It's almost the exact opposite of Christianity, in my opinion. The combination of black-white morality and a belief that some divine agency guides the fortunes of mortal humans results in a twisted view, wherein bad things happen to bad people, and good things happen to good people. If a bad thing happens to a good person, well they must have done something sinful to deserve it. It's just sick. People like that always blame the victim.

danShumway 8y ago
Agreed; it's completely anti-biblical. This is explicitly addressed in John 9, that sometimes bad things happen to people and it's not because they're evil or because they deserve it. Arguably one of the most important central tennants of Christianity is "you are not a good person, you don't deserve grace any more than anybody else does, and God loves you in spite of that." Yet somehow there are huge portions of Christianity that take the complete opposite lesson. It's like if there was a sect of the Open Source movement that went around telling people "the best thing about Open Source is that nobody can use your software unless you give them permission."
- qbrass 8y ago
  Christ was convicted of heresy and executed for his crime. >It's like if there was a sect of the Open Source movement that went around telling people "the best thing about Open Source is that nobody can use your software unless you give them permission." Richard Stallman's main gripe about Open Source software vs Free software is that it only grants you permission to view and modify the source, and doesn't necessarily grant you permission to use the software. Most open source licenses also grant you usage rights, but they don't technically have to.
Y_Y 8y ago
I agree that it's the opposite of Christianity, at least in that in the RCC catechism good things happen to bad people and vice-versa, at least here on earth. The books get balanced in the hereafter. That's why the meek will inherit the earth and the rich enter heaven only by pushing camels through needles

danShumway 8y ago

Agreed; it's completely anti-biblical. This is explicitly addressed in John 9, that sometimes bad things happen to people and it's not because they're evil or because they deserve it. Arguably one of the most important central tennants of Christianity is "you are not a good person, you don't deserve grace any more than anybody else does, and God loves you in spite of that." Yet somehow there are huge portions of Christianity that take the complete opposite lesson. It's like if there was a sect of the Open Source movement that went around telling people "the best thing about Open Source is that nobody can use your software unless you give them permission."

qbrass 8y ago
Christ was convicted of heresy and executed for his crime. >It's like if there was a sect of the Open Source movement that went around telling people "the best thing about Open Source is that nobody can use your software unless you give them permission." Richard Stallman's main gripe about Open Source software vs Free software is that it only grants you permission to view and modify the source, and doesn't necessarily grant you permission to use the software. Most open source licenses also grant you usage rights, but they don't technically have to.

Y_Y 8y ago

I agree that it's the opposite of Christianity, at least in that in the RCC catechism good things happen to bad people and vice-versa, at least here on earth. The books get balanced in the hereafter. That's why the meek will inherit the earth and the rich enter heaven only by pushing camels through needles