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I THOUGHT I was a Christian, BUT...

biglolcat — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 11:50:46 GMT

I THOUGHT I was a Christian but my Leaders are telling me I have to HATE those less fortunate than me!

I THOUGHT Jesus wanted me to Love & support those less fortunate than I,

BUT...

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debra9275 — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:00:29 GMT

I hear ya lolcat

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Anonymous — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:08:22 GMT

that's terrible.

who are these leaders you speak of?

from your church?

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skyrider12-au — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:11:49 GMT

@biglolcat wrote:
I THOUGHT I was a Christian but my Leaders are telling me I have to HATE those less fortunate than me!

I THOUGHT Jesus wanted me to Love & support those less fortunate than I,
BUT...

Perhaps it's food and shelter for the children that's required before anything else.

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moonflyte — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:15:46 GMT

Thats awful, who is telling you to hate people less fortunate than you, your church?

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biglolcat — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:19:53 GMT

"who is telling you to hate people less fortunate than you..."

Really?

You have to ask?

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imastawka — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:32:23 GMT

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the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:32:27 GMT

It's what I call the lifeboat syndrome, Lolcat.

We are bobbing around comfortably in out well provisioned little boat on the sea of life, but we are surrounded by shipwreck vitims, all struggling to climb on board and save themselves

. We know our boat won't hold them all and we fear that if we let some of them on the others will swamp the boat and capsize it; but beating them off makes us feel bad. So we tell our ourselves they do';t deserve to be saved; that they are unworthy, illegals, people who would probably turn out to be criminals or terrorists and murder us all in our beds if we rescued them

Once we've convinced ourselves of that, we don't have to feel guilty about what will happen to them when we fend them off with our oars and leave them to their fate.

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Anonymous — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:35:58 GMT

i'm not sure who these "we" are but

i think its terrible that you all think that way.

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nevynreally — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:37:19 GMT

Nice little fairytale. No where near the truth, but what does that matter?

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nevynreally — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:39:00 GMT

@*julia*2010 wrote:
i'm not sure who these "we" are but
i think its terrible that you all think that way.

Pssst! It's those who don't swallow the leftie mantra hook line and sinker.

You know, those of us who chose to think for ourselves and not be spoonfed doctrine.

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the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:46:02 GMT

@nevynreally wrote:
Nice little fairytale. No where near the truth, but what does that matter?

Believe me, Nevyn it is a well documented phenomenon - did you never read about the old Victorian concept of the 'deserving poor' or the third verse of "All things Bright And Beautiful" that we don't sing any more because we like to pretend we are more enlightened nowadays.

The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them high and lowly,
And ordered their estate.

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nevynreally — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:52:40 GMT

Except, we're not talking about the traditional poor or rich. We are talking about a huge amount of refugees, and stopping to think if we have the resources to take how many? Do they actually want to come here? (I know, that it could shock some that they may not wish to relocate here)

But, anyway, keep bagging the current government. All of it's their fault.

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joz*garage — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:55:28 GMT

I THOUGHT I was a Christian but my Leaders are telling me I have to HATE those less fortunate than me!

well.. he is a muslim supporter, cant blame anybody else if you voted for him

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biglolcat — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:58:23 GMT

"... we're not talking about the traditional poor or rich..."

Oh! Time to QUALIFY the "rich & the poor".

Remember when Jesus did that?

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nevynreally — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:00:21 GMT

oh, and we don't sing that verse anymore, because, well, we just don't sing the song at all.

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nevynreally — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:03:10 GMT

@biglolcat wrote:
"... we're not talking about the traditional poor or rich..."

Oh! Time to QUALIFY the "rich & the poor".

Remember when Jesus did that?

These days he'd add the planners and the **bleep**ers.

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biglolcat — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:06:52 GMT

"These days he'd..."

Fortunately we have someome to speak for Jesus, on these boards!

(mebbe ye should use CAPS & bold yer posts... )

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j*oono — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:09:17 GMT

Welcome to your CS initiation Lolcat. Your welcoming committee is on the ball tonight and gave you a great welcoming party.

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myoclon1cjerk — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:10:49 GMT

Yes,the bridge must be washed out 😄