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Originally Posted by ColdCamaroSS
Wow, I wasn't gonna get all preachy but I hope you don't call yourself a Christian (or anyone else agrees with the above post)
Now, I am far from being a perfect member of society along with my imperfections of being a Christian. Regardless of religion, YOU are exactly what is wrong with this country.
Maybe they (honestly) forgot the fee, maybe they had to put food on the table...and maybe they deliberately failed to pay. Who cares, this may have well been a test from God and even though the proper tools and resources existed to succeed in putting out the fire, this scenario failed due to GREED! and the mentality of folks like you. Damn right I said it.
Yeah, I can see Jesus doing the Christian thing, of letting a home burn down even WHEN there is an ability to put it out.
Again I'm not the most righteous man by any stretch but right is right and shit like this is really destroying America not $75 F-ing dollars!
Let's take it a step further on the religious take on this. As far as I'm
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If you want to get dogmatic aobut it, Christs church during the apostolic era was a socialist movement. (as defined by todays terms and if you aren't Christian)
I myself, am a Christian. I've studied my scriptures more than just in passing. To put a blanket Christianity take on this, won't work. It would well be within new covenant scripture to let the home burn.
My heart is too big to have made the right decision. Which is why I say I'd have made the decision to order my firefighters to help. BUT, for the good of the whole, it would have been the wrong order.
And I will not get into a scripture debate here.