Homelessness is ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด the result of larger societal problems.
We have enough money, food, and shelter in this country that no one should ever find themselves in want... but we also have billionaires hoarding riches like they're fucking dragons, corporations that don't pay taxes (or worse, pay ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ taxes), employers who routinely steal wages from their employees, supermarkets that throw out food by the dumpster-load, farmers who get paid subsidies to destroy their crops... and thousands upon thousands of houses, condos, and apartments sitting empty because they're worth more money that way, or some oligarch wanted to hide some of their wealth in real estate, or just because everyone who might've lived in them has been priced out of the housing market.
Oh, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ a healthcare system which is predatory to its very core, to the point where one bad day can wipe out a person's savings and put them in so much debt they lose their home to medical bills, and which also regards mental healthcare as a luxury rather than a necessity. Oh, and let's ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ not forget racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other assorted bigotry, because marginalized groups make up a majority of the homeless population- and we have Christian "love" to thank for most of ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต shit. And I'm probably still leaving dozens of other factors out. I'd be shocked stupid if there was a single person in this entire shithole country who's outdoors and is even ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ to blame for that situation.
"Sin," my ass. Unless by "sin" you mean "๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ."
Jesus was homeless and relied on charity. What sin did he committed ?
Weigand is right but not the way he thinks. If we talk christian language, greed is one of the root causes of homelessness. He shows a perfect example of it.
A mind-numbingly stupid statement, even by the very low standards of the religious right. Who gets to determine what constitutes sin? Him? Judging by the staggering number of Christian tribes in the world there doesn't seem to be any consensus on that question. In my experience the holier-than-thou crowd always has a religious justification for their cruelty.
"to why we have people being mean to other people, it's sin."
I would say that the ultimate sin is being mean to other people, like blaming them for problems that they are not responsible for, including original sin, or not feeding and housing the homeless and the Hungry, as jesus himself advised.
So, it seems that in a very roundabout and perverted and twisted way, weigand is correct. Unfortunately, he doesn't recognize that it's his own REAL sins that are the problem, not the imaginary sins of other people.
According to Weigand, I have committed all sorts of sin, yet I own a house. I imagine most homeowners in Madison have sinned in his eyes. So much for the sin = homelessness theory.
Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, โYou shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.โ
Personal charity. Acts of kindness. Everything the church should be doing. Everything Christians should be doing when they see the poor among them.
Yes, there we go. God thinks of the poor and wants us to give to them and help them personally.
Well, yes, but thereโs more context.
Deut. 15: 4 But there will be no poor among you; for the LORD will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possessโ 5 if only you will strictly obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today.
The poor will always be with us, but if we obeyed the commands of God, it says there would be no poor. So what are the commands of God according to the Law that folks like this so often like to use to bash others?
Deuteronomy 15: 1 - Debt Forgiveness every seven years:
Leviticus 19:9 - Food assistance/welfare programs โโWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 14:22, 28 - a 10% tax on everyone every third year that would be set aside to feed the poor, migrants, and priests (of course... they always got a cut).
Lastly, Leviticus 25:23 - Land reform laws. Land would be returned to the people who originally owned it once a generation.
So there you go, Christians. Yes, you are commanded to be charitable, but only because of your sin in failing to pass and support corporate government-initiated and run efforts to alleviate poverty through direct assistance, land reform, and debt forgiveness.
So kindly remove the log from your own eye, confess and admit your greed and disdain for your fellow man, repent of it, and support government programs to address poverty as you are commanded to.
What an entitled little shit, hiding his innate SADISM behind his โbible.โ Thereโs spirituality, and then there is the SADISM that politicians like this use to mask their corrupt, unconscionable politics. He is an installed puppet, paid by billionaires who want to see this democracy fail. An entitled, POS sadistโpeople should be throwing rotten eggs.
This is the same fucko that nearly had all World Naked Bike Rides in the state banned last year because he said that the law should protect him from having to be offended. A real piece of work this guy
Maybe Iโm misunderstanding, but if sin was the cause wouldnโt a large chunk of pastors, ministers, congresspeople, Trump and his sycophants be homeless? ๐ค
"Then he [Jesus] will turn to those on his left and say 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They will also answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do for me."
-- Matthew 25:41-45
Uh oh, Jeffy. Seems you're on the waterslide to the hot place after your earthly existence is done. Your own savior condemns you.
Homelessness is ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด the result of larger societal problems.
We have enough money, food, and shelter in this country that no one should ever find themselves in want... but we also have billionaires hoarding riches like they're fucking dragons, corporations that don't pay taxes (or worse, pay ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ taxes), employers who routinely steal wages from their employees, supermarkets that throw out food by the dumpster-load, farmers who get paid subsidies to destroy their crops... and thousands upon thousands of houses, condos, and apartments sitting empty because they're worth more money that way, or some oligarch wanted to hide some of their wealth in real estate, or just because everyone who might've lived in them has been priced out of the housing market.
Oh, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ a healthcare system which is predatory to its very core, to the point where one bad day can wipe out a person's savings and put them in so much debt they lose their home to medical bills, and which also regards mental healthcare as a luxury rather than a necessity. Oh, and let's ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ not forget racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other assorted bigotry, because marginalized groups make up a majority of the homeless population- and we have Christian "love" to thank for most of ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต shit. And I'm probably still leaving dozens of other factors out. I'd be shocked stupid if there was a single person in this entire shithole country who's outdoors and is even ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ to blame for that situation.
"Sin," my ass. Unless by "sin" you mean "๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ."
Enough with this prosperity Bible garbage! IIRC, Jesus was homeless. Did he think of that?
Jesus was homeless and relied on charity. What sin did he committed ?
Weigand is right but not the way he thinks. If we talk christian language, greed is one of the root causes of homelessness. He shows a perfect example of it.
A mind-numbingly stupid statement, even by the very low standards of the religious right. Who gets to determine what constitutes sin? Him? Judging by the staggering number of Christian tribes in the world there doesn't seem to be any consensus on that question. In my experience the holier-than-thou crowd always has a religious justification for their cruelty.
Sin is the cause; the sin of rich bastards hoarding all the money and not sharing or doing anything to make the world a better place.
"to why we have people being mean to other people, it's sin."
I would say that the ultimate sin is being mean to other people, like blaming them for problems that they are not responsible for, including original sin, or not feeding and housing the homeless and the Hungry, as jesus himself advised.
So, it seems that in a very roundabout and perverted and twisted way, weigand is correct. Unfortunately, he doesn't recognize that it's his own REAL sins that are the problem, not the imaginary sins of other people.
According to Weigand, I have committed all sorts of sin, yet I own a house. I imagine most homeowners in Madison have sinned in his eyes. So much for the sin = homelessness theory.
"...๐ด๐ช๐ฏ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด."
"๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต--"
"๐๐ฐ. ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ'๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด."
"๐๐ฉ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด--"
"๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด..."
- ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ, by Sir Terry Pratchett.
Bible study time:
Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, โYou shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.โ
Personal charity. Acts of kindness. Everything the church should be doing. Everything Christians should be doing when they see the poor among them.
Yes, there we go. God thinks of the poor and wants us to give to them and help them personally.
Well, yes, but thereโs more context.
Deut. 15: 4 But there will be no poor among you; for the LORD will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possessโ 5 if only you will strictly obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today.
The poor will always be with us, but if we obeyed the commands of God, it says there would be no poor. So what are the commands of God according to the Law that folks like this so often like to use to bash others?
Deuteronomy 15: 1 - Debt Forgiveness every seven years:
Leviticus 19:9 - Food assistance/welfare programs โโWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 14:22, 28 - a 10% tax on everyone every third year that would be set aside to feed the poor, migrants, and priests (of course... they always got a cut).
Lastly, Leviticus 25:23 - Land reform laws. Land would be returned to the people who originally owned it once a generation.
So there you go, Christians. Yes, you are commanded to be charitable, but only because of your sin in failing to pass and support corporate government-initiated and run efforts to alleviate poverty through direct assistance, land reform, and debt forgiveness.
So kindly remove the log from your own eye, confess and admit your greed and disdain for your fellow man, repent of it, and support government programs to address poverty as you are commanded to.
Thus endeth the lesson.
What an entitled little shit, hiding his innate SADISM behind his โbible.โ Thereโs spirituality, and then there is the SADISM that politicians like this use to mask their corrupt, unconscionable politics. He is an installed puppet, paid by billionaires who want to see this democracy fail. An entitled, POS sadistโpeople should be throwing rotten eggs.
Well, if those homeless didn't want to be homeless, they should just buy houses. It's just sloth on their part.
This is the same fucko that nearly had all World Naked Bike Rides in the state banned last year because he said that the law should protect him from having to be offended. A real piece of work this guy
Maybe Iโm misunderstanding, but if sin was the cause wouldnโt a large chunk of pastors, ministers, congresspeople, Trump and his sycophants be homeless? ๐ค
Hey, Weigand...
"Then he [Jesus] will turn to those on his left and say 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They will also answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do for me."
-- Matthew 25:41-45
Uh oh, Jeffy. Seems you're on the waterslide to the hot place after your earthly existence is done. Your own savior condemns you.
Weigand seems to be wearing clothes of mixed fabric. And I'll bet he hasn't given all his worldly goods away. Smite him!
Werenโt Adam and Eve homeless right from the beginning? They lived in a fucking garden!