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Ken Ham, Moses, and Jesus

April 27, 2013 By James F. McGrath 58 Comments

Ken Ham has posted a reaction on Facebook to an image I shared on my blog yesterday (you can read the comments from his cronies there). I’ll share the text of his Facebook post here and then discuss it: Come on James McGrath, do you really think stooping to such lows befits a professor at [...]

Filed Under: Genesis, Gospel of Luke, young-earth creationism Tagged With: AiG, Answers in Genesis, Christian, Christianity, Creation Museum, debunked, discipleship, education, Jesus, Ken Ham, Lazarus, lies, Moses, parable, poor, teaching, wealth, young-earth creationism 58 Comments

The Dogmatic Young Theologian

March 17, 2013 By James F. McGrath 1 Comment

And as Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I believe to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, [...]

Filed Under: humor, theology Tagged With: Barth, beliefs, dogma, dogmatism, Jesus, Karl Barth, parody, rich, riches, theologian, theologians, theology, wealth 1 Comment

Income Inequality

March 7, 2013 By James F. McGrath 13 Comments

As I was gearing up for the second class period focused on The Communist Manifesto in my First Year Seminar course, this video came to my attention on several blogs I subscribe to. How can anyone think that this degree of inequity is acceptable? And it pales in comparison to the inequity that exists on [...]

Filed Under: economics, Leviticus Tagged With: Communist Manifesto, economics, income, inequality, Jubilee, Leviticus, poverty, rich, United States, wealth 13 Comments

Go, Redistribute Your Wealth to the Poor, and Follow Me

February 23, 2013 By James F. McGrath 12 Comments

From the web cartoon series Shortpacked.

Filed Under: economics, Gospel of Luke, humor Tagged With: cartoon, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christians, disciples, discipleship, humor, Jesus, New Testament, poor, poverty, redistribution, rich, wealth 12 Comments

Dividing Land Like Wealth

October 4, 2012 By James F. McGrath 7 Comments

I reposted this image that came my way on Facebook, and it generated a significant amount of discussion. I find it interesting for a number of reasons, besides the striking illustration of the distribution of wealth in the United States. It helps make the point that, just as one cannot simply produce more land as [...]

Filed Under: economics, Leviticus Tagged With: ancient, capitalism, Communism, economics, economy, Israel, Jubilee, land, law, Leviticus, socialism, taxation, taxes, Torah, wealth 7 Comments

More Posters

July 28, 2012 By James F. McGrath 3 Comments

The Facebook group “Christians Against the Tea Party” has turned a few more quotes from me into posters. Feel free to share them!

Filed Under: Bible, Christianity, morality Tagged With: Bible, charity, economics, economy, giving, poverty, riches, social justice, tax, taxation, taxes, tithe, wealth 3 Comments

Taxation, Charity, and Robbery

July 27, 2012 By James F. McGrath 22 Comments

I’ve heard the argument made that the government taxing the wealthy and redistributing that wealth to those less fortunate than them is not taxation, but robbery. I wonder how many of those who say such things are Christians or Jews , and would also think Deuteronomy 26:12 was robbery. Israelites had to set aside 10% of [...]

Filed Under: Christianity, Deuteronomy, economics, Judaism, morality, politics Tagged With: aid, Bible, charity, Deuteronomy, economy, giving, morality, poor, poverty, rich, robbery, taxation, taxes, theft, tithe, United States, wealth, welfare 22 Comments