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[arbolista]

I just decided today that I am going to try to read one article a day from my favorite Spanish newspaper and make a list of new vocab from it to study, to try to build my Spanish fluency back up to and beyond what it used to be. I'm kind of excited about that. It's something I've wanted to do for quite some time, and thinking "Today I'll read an

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[jeffreygator]

Actually, there are many cases where Jesus was in fact quite kind to the rich. He had compassion on the rich young ruler and was known for hanging out with tax-collectors (who were thought of as traitors exploiting thier own people collaborating with the oppressors) and prostitutes (the sexually immoral).

The people to whom Jesus was the most critical were the self-righteous who refused to see Him as he was and held themselves as better than thier nieghbors.

None the less I agree that focusing on one category of behavior and ignoring others because those that practice the others also fund the church is morally suspect.

[arbolista]

i think the man's emphasis (and mine would be also) was on the sin of people exploiting other people to gain riches, rather than just riches alone being a sin. i'm not totally sure to what specific issues in Spain he was referring as far as people exploiting others goes, however.

isn't there something in the bible about it being easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle ... ?

[jeffreygator]

I believe that the context of the rich man and the needle is that people only get to heaven with God's help. Period. The example of the rich man is specifically counteracting the popular opinion that being rich was necessarily a sign of God's favor.

[pinkroo]

I've very impressed that you could translate that--go you!