{"id":91976,"date":"2015-04-09T00:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T07:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=91976"},"modified":"2015-03-23T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:23:33","slug":"amos-to-our-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/04\/amos-to-our-justice-system.html","title":{"rendered":"Amos to our Justice System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

4\u00a0Hear this, you who trample upon the needy,
\n and bring the poor of the land to an end,
\n 5\u00a0saying, \u201cWhen will the new moon be over,
\n that we may sell grain?
\n And the sabbath,
\n that we may offer wheat for sale,
\n that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great,
\n and deal deceitfully with false balances,
\n 6\u00a0that we may buy the poor for silver
\n and the needy for a pair of sandals,
\n and sell the refuse of the wheat?\u201d<\/p>\n

7\u00a0The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
\n \u201cSurely I will never forget any of their deeds.(Am 8:4\u20137). <\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If the use of the F word upsets you more than the injustices in the video, you should rethink your priorities. Oh, there\u2019s also this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQxtRcfBIXY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We have 4% of the world\u2019s population and 25% of the world\u2019s prisoners here in the Land of the Free. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-many-americans-in-jail-2012-3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We jail more people than Stalin did.<\/a> And with our thriving abortion trade our system of free enterprise has killed more people than Hitler did.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and just for some icing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" name=\"embedded\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen frameborder=\"no\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/video_embed\/?id=426\"><\/iframe><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/video\/judge-rules-white-girl-will-be-tried-as-black-adul,18896\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\u00a0Hear this, you who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end, 5\u00a0saying, \u201cWhen will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? 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