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Whooo-eee! Let that soap opera music play. :biggrin:


Genesis 1:26-28 (KJV)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.


Genesis 3:18-19 (KJV)
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.


1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.



See anything in God's Word that would suggest people are somehow victims of circumstance? I don't. We are to work. Men are to be the head of the house, a house for which they are responsible. The slings and arrows of this life are according to God's own plan and as such are the direct result of man having fallen from grace due to willful sin. And yet, everything we need to provide a living here on earth is attainable. Through work. Put another way, it's a vastly easier proposition to find a job in the US than trying to scratch one's living from the ground. Which BTW is the Lord's edict for us all. Thus in any case, nobody's been mistreated in this land of opportunity, and the secular humanist's claims of personal suffering are for most, patently untrue. The only thing that separates the VAST majority of folks from a life of self sufficiency as outlined by God, is a lack of motivation.

In all seriousness, couldn't we find as many or more verses of scripture saying we should renounce wealth and give to the poor?

At what point have I said people shouldn't work? Not once.

People are sometimes victim circumstances beyond their control: health, closed industry, family constraints.