[Pastor Al E Pistle]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

No where in the article said anything about circuit city.... People can buy computers from other stores and online...

Is that one article where you learned everything you know?

[Sir WhiteSox]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Actually, Jesus is God.

Everything in the Old Testament, He supports. He dictated it, you see.

You may also wish to review His treatment of the thoughtless fig tree which refused to bear Him fruit when it was not in season:

Matthew 21:19-20
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Also in Mark 11.

What.

[GayIsTheWord]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Circuit city aided and abetted male self-abuse by trafficing computers into Mormon-occupied Utah, the state with the highest rate of online porn purchasing.

No where in the article said anything about circuit city.... People can buy computers from other stores and online...

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Losing a job has NOTHING to do with religion.
For example, Circuit City went out of business. That has NOTHING to do with religion. Its about their business and how they ran it.
Again NOTHING to do with religion.

Circuit city aided and abetted male self-abuse by trafficing computers into Mormon-occupied Utah, the state with the highest rate of online porn purchasing.

[JennyD]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

HOW! How would God do it? Send a lightning bolt? Send a flood?
He is going to make people to stop shopping there? Make their employees not helpful? That is people, not religion...

God is all-powerful.

He may not go out of His way to cause a business to fail, but He knows it is going to happen, and does not intervene.

Therefore, He has allowed Circuit City to fail. It is God's Will that Circuit City failed.

[GayIsTheWord]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Idiot! You're just proving how far removed from Jesus you are.

If God wanted Circuit City to thrive, then it would be thriving right now. Do you deny the complete power of Christ!?

HOW! How would God do it? Send a lightning bolt? Send a flood?
He is going to make people to stop shopping there? Make their employees not helpful? That is people, not religion...

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Losing a job has NOTHING to do with religion.
For example, Circuit City went out of business. That has NOTHING to do with religion. Its about their business and how they ran it.
Again NOTHING to do with religion.

Idiot! You're just proving how far removed from Jesus you are.

If God wanted Circuit City to thrive, then it would be thriving right now. Do you deny the complete power of Christ!?

[GayIsTheWord]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Losing a job has NOTHING to do with religion.
For example, Circuit City went out of business. That has NOTHING to do with religion. Its about their business and how they ran it.
Again NOTHING to do with religion.

[JennyD]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

I find this rather hard to believe. The Man, in my experience and in that of others (like His fellow men and friends, the Apostles) and even in the Scripture (carrying God's seal of approval), is referred to as a nice and calm, collected man (except maybe His angry adventures in the temple, in which He merely corrects the abusers of His temple, rather than outright hating them). As a loving and caring person who'd turn the other cheek rather than growing angry, or to become filled with hate and act according to such emotions. Because He knew, and felt better than doing and speaking evil. And so He did good.

Actually, Jesus is God.

Everything in the Old Testament, He supports. He dictated it, you see.

You may also wish to review His treatment of the thoughtless fig tree which refused to bear Him fruit when it was not in season:

Matthew 21:19-20
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Also in Mark 11.

[Sir WhiteSox]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

I was with you until you got to the part about not punishing your child. How can you raise a good boy if you don't punish him when he's bad?

Just don't punish him for expressing his God-given soul.

[Nobar King]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

I was with you until you got to the part about not punishing your child. How can you raise a good boy if you don't punish him when he's bad?

[Sir WhiteSox]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Of course Jesus is about love friend. But does not a loving parent punish their child?

Does not a loving parent actually feel for and care for whoever his child is, and however the child is, in its nature? By nature I mean those characteristics that are the child's own, the undeniable and equally important part of the gift from God placed upon the child at conception/birth. You could call them talents, which should be used and expressed, and not buried away. Those who do not act according to their talents should be punished; see Matthews tellings: 25:14-30 (in the parable, talent actually means a ton of money, but the message as with all parables is to be applied to daily life; talents thus come to mean those things that are given to a person; and ought to be used in such a way that they do not go to waste, for this obviously not the intention). To summarize: three guys get either a load of money or a little less than that, and the one who get the least money doesn't use it, but hides it. He gets punished, the other two who got more money put theirs at risk, and at work: they get rewarded.
Even owning just one talent, and in danger of losing it, one should never be bury it away -- it's there to be used and expressed. Jesus thus tells us we should go with what we've got, and that we should not ever question the blessings God put upon us. For someone to have to actually deny this talent, this characteristic, is to deny what God has done for you, what He has given you on your very first day on Earth. That's just not very grateful.
God would therefore not punish His children for expressing the talents He gave them. Parents, understanding what God has done for them in blessing them with a child, should consider the child's nature not as something that should be corrected and steered in the right direction, but rather as being a set of talents God has given the child. To harshly punish the child for expressing itself, for actually living the way God intended it to, can only lead to the child misunderstanding the ways of God; then, and only then, can the child go wrong. You may see this as loving, but loving properly also includes loving the way God has made this little person, and knowing that His plan and His love for the kid is a life guide in itself. That's all the kid needs to know in order to stay true to God's intentions. Unjustly correcting a child when it is following its destiny will put it off track, and it can only damage the child itself, and it will skew the child's perception and belief and trust in the Lord.
And that's just not right, friend.

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

His lessons proclaim also a message of love, not hate. He recommends a gentle and charitable way of life, and He embraces social outcasts (Rachab, Zacchaeus) in order to help them see the Light, to help them become good persons.

Love, people. Verily, for the Love of God.

Of course Jesus is about love friend. But does not a loving parent punish their child?

[Sir WhiteSox]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

(...) because Jesus hates you!

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I find this rather hard to believe. The Man, in my experience and in that of others (like His fellow men and friends, the Apostles) and even in the Scripture (carrying God's seal of approval), is referred to as a nice and calm, collected man (except maybe His angry adventures in the temple, in which He merely corrects the abusers of His temple, rather than outright hating them). As a loving and caring person who'd turn the other cheek rather than growing angry, or to become filled with hate and act according to such emotions. Because He knew, and felt better than doing and speaking evil. And so He did good.

His lessons proclaim also a message of love, not hate. He recommends a gentle and charitable way of life, and He embraces social outcasts (Rachab, Zacchaeus) in order to help them see the Light, to help them become good persons.

Love, people. Verily, for the Love of God.

[Brother Wilfred Ernest]

Re: Unemployed? That's because Jesus hates you!

This post has warmed my heart. Yes, it is a fact that Jesus takes care of his followers and it is times like RIGHT NOW where the fruits of your tithes come back in your favor. It is no coincidence that Platinum tithers maintain a 0% unemployment rate.