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kmbboots
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quote:
Originally posted by TomDavidson:
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Often, in the upper middle and upper class, I find a sense of importance...that same sense affords them a better knowledge of God. It doesn't radiate the same way I've seen from the lower and middle classes.
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I have saved (literally) and inspired many people through my faith.

But, of course, you don't know God any better than the rich do, right?
Ther is some theological precedent for thinking that the poor have an advantage when it comes to knowing God.
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"I'm going to take your money, and you're going to *like* it"
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Originally posted by Mucus:
"I'm going to take your money, and you're going to *like* it"

"I'm going to take your rights, and you're going to *like* it."
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quote:
There is some theological precedent for thinking that the poor have an advantage when it comes to knowing God.
Sure. But whether you know God well or not, saying you know God better than somebody else makes your criticism of their hypothetical claims to know God better than you do more than a little toothless. Especially if they're just imaginary people in the first place.
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