Warhawk Wrote:
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> It's called being hypocritical. Religion is rife
> with it. I'm a live and let live kinda guy, so I
> don't care if you're devout or not - whatever
> floats your boat. But some of the most religious
> people I've ever met turned out to the the lowest
> on the morals ladder.
War Hawk is correct.
Take, for example, both Isaiah 58:6-7 (accepted as canon by both Jews and Christians) and Matthew 25:31-46 (accepted by Christians) --as well as the 5 Tenets of Faith of The Muslims (one of which says to help the poor and needy).
While many churches feed the hungry & clothe the nake, homelessness is NOT addressed as scripture mandates -- that is:
Practically NOBODY in ANY religion takes in the homeless people, as mandated by at least the 1st 2 passages - observe:
Isaiah 58:6-7
6[Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke?(A)
7Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house--when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?
Matthew 25:31-46 (excerpt)
see here for full cite:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is%2058:6-7,%20mt%2025:31-46&version=AMP
43I was a stranger and you did not welcome (in other words: they didn't take in a homeless person as mandated by the Isaiah passage) Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me [f]with help and ministering care.
44Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?
45And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least [[g]in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me.(D)
46Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life.(E)
See also:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=5+tenets+islam&cp=10&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=5+tenets+i&pbx=1&fp=2d73bcec2e6e3c54
http://www.saudinf.com/main/b63.htm
http://www.religion-spirituality.org/islam/doctrines-tenets.php#alms
In other words, the religions teach it, but most are hypocrites -and will probably be like in Noah's flood, where vastly more than 50% were evil & perished.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/2011 11:11PM by GordonWayneWatts.