The root cause

[Wasillaguy]

2 Thessalonians 3
3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
3:8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

[bobabode]

You do realize that there's something for everyone's point of view in that book? Which version is the one you're quoting?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Proverbs

6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
6:7 It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
6:8 yet it prepares its food in the summer;it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
6:9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
6:11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.


10:4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

12:10 A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
12:11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

12:27 The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

13:4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

13:11 Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

13:18 The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

18:9 The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

21:5 The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

21:25 What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
26:17 Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.


24:30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.
24:31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
24:32 When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:
24:33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
24:34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

2 Thessalonians 3
3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
3:8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, verses 9-21

...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

Regards,
Dave

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by bobabode

You do realize that there's something for everyone's point of view in that book? Which version is the one you're quoting?

Then you should have no trouble finding a quote that espouses redistribution of wealth.

You're the one who brought up religion, not me.

[mac mini]

With gene splicing, human genome project, cure for aging, biological warfare, global warming, and fundamentalist Christians it is hard to predict where this world is going.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I find the urban way of life much to my liking. Having to constantly fend for yourself blows. You can have that bullsquat, if it makes you feel manly. Personally, having grown up in the country, I find it does NOT lead to a more hardy and intelligent stock. Quite the contrary. Isolation from the outside world leads to xenophobia, ignorance and in some cases--insanity. When I go home and see old friends, it only serves to remind me of why I left and never went back. God, what a bunch of drunken, paranoid losers.

Regards,
Dave

They do sound rather ignorant from your description. Who with any intelligence would be friends with someone so disparaging?
And they drink alcohol? That's not too smart, you have to pay for alcohol. Anyone with half a brain is doing prescription drugs instead. Let the people pay for your high!
I'll bet they get up and go to work every day instead of getting food stamps too. Idiots! God!

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by mac mini

With gene splicing, human genome project, cure for aging, biological warfare, global warming, and fundamentalist Christians it is hard to predict where this world is going.

Hairless geriatric bible thumping half-man/half broccoli creatures with seven eyes and gills?

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

They do sound rather ignorant from your description. Who with any intelligence would be friends with someone so disparaging?
And they drink alcohol? That's not too smart, you have to pay for alcohol. Anyone with half a brain is doing prescription drugs instead. Let the people pay for your high!
I'll bet they get up and go to work every day instead of getting food stamps too. Idiots! God!

No, they live in a crappy little town that hasn't seen any job growth since the early '70s. They probably run methlabs. No, I'm not disparaging, I'm just telling the truth. Contrary to popular belief, some of Americas worst creeps hide in rural locations.

Regards,
Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

They do sound rather ignorant from your description. Who with any intelligence would be friends with someone so disparaging?
And they drink alcohol? That's not too smart, you have to pay for alcohol. Anyone with half a brain is doing prescription drugs instead. Let the people pay for your high!
I'll bet they get up and go to work every day instead of getting food stamps too. Idiots! God!

You really do have a persecution complex, don't you. Tell me, is the whole world trying to live off of you? Believe it or not, balloonhead, most of us out here carry our own weight. You're not Atlas, holding up the whole fucking world. Not by a LONG shot.

Regards,
Dave

[d-ray657]

My wife was telling me about how one of the folks she works with is part of the 47%. He works as a nurse aide at night and for Wally during the day. Despite working two jobs, he needs assistance from WIC for formula for his and his wife's new baby.

Regards,

D-Ray