Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Are Rich Christians evil?

I keep hearing about this Shane Claiborne on these Emergent websites. I went to his web page and found he likes a book called "Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger".

The title explains the premise of he book.
Bad Christians who make a comfortable living should feel guilty for more than just surviving.

It is like when your parents told you to finish your dinner because there are starving people in China. Well the people in China are not starving because you didn't finish your peas. And you know what? If you took your peas and through them out every day for 20 years - God wouldn't care! (Your parents might). 

Having wealth is not evil. If you buy a new pair of shoes every month it is not going to take away some African kids lunch because of it.