blueveinedthrobber wrote:Personally I would like to see this it of scripture posted and would like to see all these holier than thou type "Christians" (Pat Robertson springs to mind as well as many here,and it definitely should be posted at the White House and Congress), take it to heart:
"Two men went up into the temple to pray;
one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:
?'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying,
?'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." (web)
Keep it in mind folks....
BVD,
This is exactly what Pat Robertson is referring to when he talks about "Biblical Economics". As long as he asks for forgiveness for bilking little old ladies out of their lives savings, it's swell with the big guy upstairs.
