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===== The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/reverend-william-barber-moral-movement by Adam Harris 5/7/25 The Guardian] | |||
On 2 June, at St Mark’s Episcopal church in Washington DC, people packed the sanctuary – elders in denim jackets, seminarians in collars, organizers clutching clipboards. Some had come in from North Carolina; others walked from their homes just a few blocks away. The seats were full, so the crowd lined the aisles and leaned against the red-brick walls beneath stained-glass windows that cast streaks of light across the floor. | |||
===== While U.S. church attendance has dropped, prosperity gospel has risen—with a brutal take on poverty ===== | |||
===== [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/28/2201563/-While-U-S-church-attendance-has-dropped-prosperity-gospel-has-risen-with-a-brutal-take-on-poverty?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web by Charles Jay 28/9/23 DAILY KOS] ===== | |||
In the New Testament, Jesus Christ threw the moneychangers out of the Temple in Jerusalem, accusing them of turning it into “a den of robbers.” And he made his views about the rich and poor very clear in numerous passages | |||
'''The Terrifying Book of Revelation Has ‘Affected Our World in Ways You Might Not Expect’ by Bill Berkowitz Daily Kos 8/25/23''' | |||
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/24/2189283/-The-Terrifying-Book-of-Revelation-Has-Affected-Our-World-in-Ways-You-Might-Not-Expect<blockquote>Ehrman interprets the Book of Revelation from a historical perspective, and explained that the reality of the Gospels is in direct contradiction to the Book of Revelation. “When Jesus talks about wealth, he's against it.” Jesus rails against material things and believes in divesting oneself of wealth and giving it to the poor. Jesus “left everything … for his mission. His disciples left their homes and their families and their jobs. And Jesus praises them for it. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus embraces a gospel of spirituality that is anti-materialistic.”</blockquote> | |||
=====How punitive, omniscient gods may have encouraged the expansion of human society===== | =====How punitive, omniscient gods may have encouraged the expansion of human society===== | ||
https://theconversation.com/how-punitive-omniscient-gods-may-have-encouraged-the-expansion-of-human-society-54275 The Conversation 2/10/16 | https://theconversation.com/how-punitive-omniscient-gods-may-have-encouraged-the-expansion-of-human-society-54275 The Conversation 2/10/16 | ||
