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Because Jesus was very clear in his beliefs about money.
by pavel_lishin 3y ago
Because Jesus was very clear in his beliefs about money.
- tithos81 3y agoAccording to a book written by flawed bias men. Lol
- pavel_lishin 3y agoSure. But if you claim to follow the man, it means following the book, and the book is - once again - very clear on certain topics, regardless of who put the words down.
- 317070 3y agoRight there in our Lord's prayer is some financial advice: > And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. In the original Greek of Matthew's prayer, the word is "ophelilema", as in financial debt. There are other words for more metaphorical debts like when breaking rules, which were notably not used.
- HideousKojima 3y ago>original Greek Akhshually Jesus would have been speaking Aramaic. So even if Matthew wrote his Gospel in Greek it may not necessarily be the most accurate translation of what Jesus actually said. /end pedantry In any case, the "gospel of prosperity" types in Christianity are second only to the "secretly a sex pest" types in regards to how obnoxious they are and how much of a black eye they give to Christianity's reputation.
- 317070 3y ago> Akhshually Jesus would have been speaking Aramaic. Actually, like most people in the world, and especially people in "border lands", if he existed, he probably will have been multilingual. Aramaic for sure, but he might also have spoken some Hebrew, Greek and maybe even Latin.