truman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Christ, as I'm sure you know, had a nice line in hanging out with most despised and reviled in society - lepers, the poor, whores, tax collectors. If I remember correctly he wasn't too keen on the very wealthy - remember the line about camels and the eyes of needles? Christ would have been on the protestor's side. It's a shame the Church isn't as forthcoming. To be honest I don't think the Church is much different to the large corprations these days...I don't think it has been for hundreds of years..just my opinion mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 In an earlier post someone said the CHurch should be supporting the protesters in their stand against tax avoidance etc...tax avoidance is the legal way of paying as little tax as possible..if the Church legally pays no tax then they are in the same postion as tax avoiders therefore it would be a bit hypocritical of them to side with the protesters..ie the Church isn't paying it's "fair" share either.. See my post above. You may be right about the Church and it's tax situation; if they are out of order, they should put their house in order and stand behind the protesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Christ, as I'm sure you know, had a nice line in hanging out with most despised and reviled in society - lepers, the poor, whores, tax collectors. If I remember correctly he wasn't too keen on the very wealthy - remember the line about camels and the eyes of needles? Christ would have been on the protestor's side. It's a shame the Church isn't as forthcoming. Though Christ wasn't the son of any deity, and didn't perform any miracles, his existance is pretty much beyond debate. Guessing at the sort of protestor/pain in the arse he must have been, I'm not the slightest bit surprised that the Romans crucified him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 See my post above. You may be right about the Church and it's tax situation; if they are out of order, they should put their house in order and stand behind the protesters. Yep,I was trying to explain my position for Chris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 It’s not a semantic argument We'd be arguing about the meaning of the word "idea". It's purely a semantic argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'll rephrase it, in the interest of moving things on: Protest is a good thing. The protesters have some observations of what is wrong, but no plan of fixing said problems. They are wrong to protest in the manner in which they are doing, for it is inconvenient to other people. That better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We'd be arguing about the meaning of the word "idea". It's purely a semantic argument. What viable alternatives are the protesters coming up with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 What viable alternatives are the protesters coming up with? I never said they had. I said they didn't need a viable alternative to justify their protest. I feel like I'm p*ssing into the wind with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I never said they had. I said they didn't need a viable alternative to justify their protest. I feel like I'm p*ssing into the wind with this. They'd probably get more of a hearing if they had ideas rather than just slating the existing system,ironically one which has given them the right/ability to do what they are doing..anyone can be an armchair critic..not quite as easy to bring an alternative system in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I never said they had. I said they didn't need a viable alternative to justify their protest. I feel like I'm p*ssing into the wind with this. Do you have a reply to my post #682? I'm intersted in your response.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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