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Christianity Was Always for the Poor (David B. Hart, Jacobin) (jacobin.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14386046

Christianity Was Always for the Poor (David B. Hart, Jacobin)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Surprisingly great article.

In point of fact, the New Testament, alarmingly enough, condemns personal wealth not merely as a moral danger, but as an intrinsic evil. Actually, the texts are so unambiguous on this matter that it requires an almost heroic defiance of the obvious to fail to grasp their import.