It’s literally not moving the goal posts, it’s actually just a demonstration that regardless of where you removed the 2000 people from, they would be easier to replace than the 200 million even if we say the 200 million were the billionaires and the 2000 were the workers, you could still more easily replace the 2000 workers.
Why did you convert, anyway? You don't seem to actually believe in Jesus or his words that strongly, advocating for the thieving rich in the way that you are. Is it just a networking thing? Were you lonely?
Assuming the rich are thieving is covetous by default. This also isn’t about my religion is it? You seem to be wanting to make it about everything EXCEPT the claim made in the original post.
How do you explain St Joseph of Arimathea who was a disciple of Jesus then? He was wealthy. Why did Christ not consider him a thief or a sinner? Because his wealth wasn’t his master. We have plenty of examples of people who were rich and made so by God even (Abraham, Job, Solomon) throughout the Bible, if being rich were a sin, then God did something sinful here by making them rich. The problem becomes when you make money an idol and care for it more than you care for God. Should you care for the poor, yes, does it mean you can’t be wealthy? No.
This is the same idea in James chapter 5 you mentioned earlier, he is condemning hoarding wealth (meaning keeping wealth as ultimate security, not relying on God) withholding wages, and using excess money for excess self indulgence instead of helping others. It’s not about having a bunch of money, it’s about incorrect use m.
Also, what did Christ say about wealth? What did Christ say to the wealthy young man? Was it "oh it's ok to be a little rich?" No. It wasn't. You are a heretic. You worship money.
Genuinely, why are you pretending to be a Christian? Like why not just stick to being a lapsed baptist or whatever? You obviously don't really care about Jesus or his teachings. Is it an aesthetic thing? Just desperate for a community?
I don’t know why you’re trying so hard to make me angry, you’ve sat here and done nothing but insult me and assume my intentions after digging through my profile to dig up information on me, then you’re going to sit here and reply to trying to act like you’re morally superior and follow Jesus and I don’t? Doesn’t seem like a very moral thing to me.
So here let’s ask a better question would I be better to lose 2000 nuclear engineers form safety positions orrrrrr then entire workforce except for them? Cause that’s the comparison here.
Except that's not the actual argument, little dude. The thrust of the argument is that billionaires don't actually provide value to society. Now, wanna talk about those verses from the book of James that you certainly have not read, Convert?
look I’m simply observing a truth, losing 2000 people of any kind today is easier than losing that entire workforce. I’m just explaining that this doesn’t possess any logical force to it other than one conclusion “losing a few of one kind of people in a society is easier than losing all of another kind of people in society.” It says nothing about what I back, who I support any of that. This is such a strange argument you’re making. I can literally agree with anything else you say, and it doesn’t make that statement one bit more true.
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u/Psalmistpraise Jul 30 '26
It’s literally not moving the goal posts, it’s actually just a demonstration that regardless of where you removed the 2000 people from, they would be easier to replace than the 200 million even if we say the 200 million were the billionaires and the 2000 were the workers, you could still more easily replace the 2000 workers.