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Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth
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Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm an attender, not a member, of a meeting. I give a lot of thought to a just sharing of resources and wealth, and I wanted to see if I could get a discussion started. Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rosemary Gould 8th month 9, 2010.
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Patty replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"I hesitate to answer your question of what practices I've taken to promote right sharing, because I'm in a position to need, rather than to be able to contribute. I feel like that costs me credibility. People could suspect that I only care…"
Rickey D. Whetstone replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Yes, . . . living the life style is the solution . . . public protesting just causes bitterness and strife for both sides . . . passing legislation is not the solution . . . Jesus said in Matthew 26:11 "the poor shall always be…"
Joanna Hoyt replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Patty,
I'm glad to see this discussion under way, and I don't know how I managed to miss it until just now. The question of right sharing has shaped my life considerably for the past few years. I'm still not where I think I need to…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Hi Rick,
Could you say more what you mean by 'sharing of resources and wealth demonstrations?' As I see it, Jesus asked the rich, over and over again, in each of the gospels, to share their wealth with the poor. (See, for example, the…"
Rickey D. Whetstone replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Hey Guys
I've read all the comments on this discussion. And I have a question to add to this discussion?
How many sharing of resources and wealth demonstrations did Jesus organize?
Is the life of Jesus the standard that we should try to…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Hi Luke,
Welcome! I agree that the double standard is the essence of the problem. Although I think in the US, anyway, it's different than it is in Europe--by which I mean that we care as little for people in poverty in our own country as we do…"
Luke Holland replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Hello everyone... it's nice to find such a forthright and honest discussion of poverty and economic injustice... I work in the field of poverty - more specifically in analysis of poverty and economic rights - and I share the sense of…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Yes. I feel so much of this, too. Outrage, fear, grief, remorse. You would think even a simple instinct for self-preservation would make people want to make big changes. I don't understand it."
Patty replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"My gut answer is, where the bleep is the sense of urgency and outrage? How can we call this a just, humane society while this is going on? As you do, I worry about how catastrophic things become before we see action. I'm appalled that…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"Thank you, and yes I agree with you. I do believe in activism and in trying to get government to do what's right, in spite of my belief that God really calls us to live in full fellowship and simplicity with each other. Right now I am trying to…"
Patty replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"You have the right to spend money on your kids' special needs. That's my point. If heaven forbid your family had a financial crisis, you'd have the right to have a person, group of people, or institution step in and make sure their…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"I think you were probably asking Patty, Forest, but I'm going to put in my 2 cents anyway. I think we really were all meant to live the way the early Christians did and the way monastic and other intentional communities live, when they do it…"
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Rosemary Gould replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"It's a humbling topic of discussion, for me at least. Yet I think we will have the rich always with us. I believe in corporate action (i.e. getting elected officials) to make our country and world more just. But when we hear that the…"
Patty replied to Patty's discussion 'Right Sharing of Resources and Wealth'"I do know of Right Sharing of World Resources, and I admire their work. What I think should happen isn't going to happen in my lifetime, I don't think. And I've got radical ideas of what we should do, I admit. It will take…"
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