In the Thinking Globally - London Burns- 35 Police Officers Injured In Riots thread mozzaok said.....

mozzaok wrote on Aug 9^th, 2011 at 10:42am:



LOL







Why are there, haves, and have nots ?

Are our circumstances [here], all just an unfair accident of birth ?



I would rather ask;
Why do some people tend towards being creative and industrious, while some people are profligate [i.e. 'uber' consumers ] and tend towards idleness ?

And do those without 'wealth' [the 'have nots'] have the right to take whatever they desire, because they are obviously justified, in taking from those who 'have' ???





And now another question....
Should those who create and provide services and goods, and create [the 'common'] wealth be forced [compelled!] to share their created wealth with those who produce, ....well, very little.
......except producing their incessant whining, and demands for a 'piece of the cake' ?

And do we believe in [wish to live in!] a society where the merit, and the industry and the creativity of individuals, should be rewarded ???

And if poverty is a justification for rioting and looting, why are the overwhelming majority of the poor in countries like, for example India, mostly peaceable and law abiding souls ???

Is it because such people are merely fools, being 'put upon' by their wealthy neighbours ???






Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.






Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

Jeremiah 22:17
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4  Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:



p.s.

And i gotta tell ya, i am certain, that God is a capitalist.

Proof of that fact is 'littered' throughout the OT bible, and is revealed even in many of the parables of Jesus.



And i gotta tell ya, [if what i suspect is correct] God [who is

"the God of the spirits of all flesh"

] has a good use, a good 'reward' [in the afterlife], for those idle and contentious souls who would ease their 'dis-content', by turning to riot and/or the robbery of their fellows.

And i can assure you socialists, that you won't like what he has in mind !       

But maybe that is why you socialists are invariably all atheists, and innately, are God haters / deniers ?




Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.


1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.


Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

The World is imperfect

You watch American Politics.
You watch how the position of President slowly becomes a 'Blood' association as the Kennedy's, the Clintons, the Bush's, the Trumps, and others become 'rightful heirs' to the Presidential throne.
No longer a public vote.

The_Barnacle wrote on Dec 11^th, 2019 at 8:06pm:




Yes, its true.....
Our circumstances in this life, are all just an unfair accident of birth.

It is just so unfair, that my daddy wasn't Bill Gates, or the King of Saudi Arabia, or Tony Stark !

@ Reply #9


Bias,

Well done !

Well done, on your good heart, and your persistence to 'get back up', and try again,
and to not give up, and to not whine about how lucky everyone else is.

Any person with a clean heart, and with good intentions, and a willingness to work honestly, can get ahead and make a success of themselves, in a nation like Australia.



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Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.


Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35  But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Jasin wrote on Dec 12^th, 2019 at 6:04pm:


Well tell us your story of rags to riches

Jasin wrote on Dec 12^th, 2019 at 6:24pm:



You're being a bit evasive and vague JaSin, which is an improvement on your usual incoherent posts

My story is about not whinging, but working my way out of adverse conditions set by governments and economic restraints to finally acquire some humble assets plus some. At times I relied on the dole but in a minimal and responsible way. Once, when I got a job way out west I had to write to the dole office to stop sending cheques, they knew I had a job but kept sending them, another one arrived before they finally stopped. The taxes I paid repaid the dole payments many times over

Being rich is relative, what one bloke considers "rich" is another blokes small change. I have no more than what the average baby boomer has and I'm very happy with what I've got because I came from a poor family, we struggled for many years after the war like many others did