James 5:1-6 .... would make Lenin proud

[John Lenin]

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"1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you."

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

The next 3 verses:

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Do not complain, brothers, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.

I, for one, reserve my god given right to complain.

[John Lenin]

It's a shame that 98 % of the book is hilariously stupid bullshit.

Ah well ... there are about 30 or so verse excerpts that contain some value ... the rest can go in the trash.

[Rebel_Serigan]

Mr. John you hit the nail on the head. (Cyber high-five)

[Rosa Provokateur]

Mhm, how they hate what they dont understand

[John Lenin]

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Isaiah 10: 1-3

"1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. 3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?"

[Rosa Provokateur]

4 He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore. --Isaiah 2:4 (enfacis added)

[Killfacer]

Is that before or after thousands are massacred. Sure the bible has the occasional nice bit, but it's still full of murder, infanticide, genocide, beatings sexism and other vile things.

[Forward Union]

So there's a verse that says things are shit but don't do anything because God will sort it out later...

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Do you know what happens to those who beat their swords into ploughshares?

They get killed and/or enslaved by those who kept their swords.

[Rosa Provokateur]

it's still full of murder, infanticide, genocide, beatings sexism and other vile things.

That tends to happen when you write an un-watered down historical account of the ancient East. If there wasnt talk about all that, it'd either be lying or ignoring the facts.

[Bilan]

I'm sure Lenin, like Marx, like us, wouldn't give a shit.