A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement.

Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police

  • nixcamic@lemmy.world
    10·
    11 months ago

    Then you read the Bible and like almost all the references to the rich are negative and like where the heck do people even get this crap from.

    • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Hippie socialist Jesus > Supply-Side Republican/Conservative Jesus

      Any educated and intelligent person should see that the prosperity gospel is just greed promotion disguised as religious edicts.

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I am actually really curious how they explain that, if anyone has a genuine answer.

      There is so much talk in the Bible about riches and wealth and being rewarded for being a good Christian but my memory serves that it’s referencing the holy spirit or rather the relationship with God is rewarding in and of itself and that the riches and all that is in the afterlife.

      And every time I recall it talking about wealth on earth it is vilified and you’re supposed to give it away. And of course there this famous quote

      And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:23-26

      Anyway yeah I’m curious how people can teach this aspect of the Bible with such a contradicting incorrect interpretation. I argue that it’s a contradicting book in itself all the time but wealth is not one I recall. We have hated the wealthy for millenia lol