Comments On: Question of the Day by Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/09/question-of-the-day Comments On: Question of the Day by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Rex est hoc tempore Nummus.
Posted by M'thew]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:06:06 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> slog discussing religion!
next stop-
a Rosie O'Donnell ballet seminar.
Posted by my dog's farts dispense more insight]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:43 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
Prosperity theology is a perfect example of the intellectual bankruptcy of evangelical christians. They choose to read all the anti-gay passages from the bible literally and from a fundamentalist standpoint, but are remarkably flexible about all the bits warning against slobbering over the filthy lucre. Fucking hypocrites.
Posted by Aussie Steve]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:05:40 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

This game is too easy.
Posted by Greg]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:30:01 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
Posted by Greg]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:16:43 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Gomez]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:24:52 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
That's basically the answer to the question posed at the end of the quote, to wit: if they were TRULY good Christians this wouldn't have happened to them. Creeps like Osteen would simply respond that they didn't pray hard enough, they didn't tithe enough, they didn't believe strongly enough to DESERVE the immeasurable riches God hands out by the fistfuls like so much Halloween candy.

It's that sort of moral absolutism that lies at the foundation of these kinds of scams; only most people make the mistaken assumption that they, being good, righteous, deserving lambs o' God, are naturally going to be among the chosen beneficiaries of God's largess. It just never occurs to them - at least not until far too late - that it could possibly be otherwise.
Posted by COMTE]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:40:27 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
I really hate driving past it.
Posted by LeslieC]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:15:35 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
It's easy to dismiss all conservative christian fundy people, but I find it more interesting to look for redeeming qualities/things in common.
Posted by twitch]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:23 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by toxicmommy]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:00 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Vince]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:52:37 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
Check it out.

I wonder how many of those people have been, and are still being, swindled by Osteen and his ilk.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:44:25 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
Seriously!
Posted by Reg]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:34:38 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:33:26 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
Not like the Pharisees.

"Prosperity Gospel" is the Word of Mammon ... and Satan.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:32:10 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Random viewer]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:30:15 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by pissy mcslogbot]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:18:22 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]>
And the whole Osteen tribe who (if I'm not mistaken) runs the organization exclusively knows this latent desire is their bread and butter. It's just too creepy for words.


Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:59:43 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Guess He Didn't Read the Whole Book]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:54:41 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Collin]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:54:01 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by franky]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:48:53 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Question of the Day]]> Posted by Zach Annon]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:46:09 -0700 The Stranger