post by batteredshoes:

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are cor- roded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.- James 5:1-6

arythusa replies:

At first I thought this was an angry Tumblr post but then it turned out to be the Literal Bible and it got 1000x better

  • SusheeMonster@kbin.social
    3·
    9 months ago

    My head canon says that televangelists like Kenneth Copeland have this quote mounted on their wall.

    It’s a nice affirmation to return home to, after a long day of grifting their congregation.

    • MemeCollector@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      9 months ago

      If only, but that would require levels of self awareness (never mind empathy for those they fuck over) which they could never possess…

        • MemeCollector@kbin.socialOP
          1·
          9 months ago

          I honestly don’t know that they are, not to the point where they would consider themselves evil, or even as causing misery to anyone, these kinds of people get high on the smell of their own farts, and almost certainly see themselves as redeemers of some sort, it’s all about feeding their ego.

          • Maeve@kbin.social
            1·
            9 months ago

            L. Ron Hubbard knew. The Vatican knows.

            In my small, underserved, rural area, preachers and flock came at me to cudgel me with the Bible about virtuous and unsavory women types, lgbtqia, etc. i told them their Christ uttered nothing about any of that, but had plenty to say about adultery, hypocrites, vipers, dens of thieves, and then I asked them of adultery in the Bible isn’t condemned for men and women. They begrudgingly admitted it does. So then I asked their preachers, in front of some members, why they never spoke about the local norm of men having one woman at home and several “side dishes,” including themselves. Every time I got hammered by someone for this, I reiterated my question. People stopped talking Bible to me and complained I talked it too much. Go figure.

            • MemeCollector@kbin.socialOP
              2·
              9 months ago

              Not saying any of that is ok in any way, or that they’re right, but none of it means that they would ever acknowledge themselves as evil. You and I seeing them for what they are doesn’t mean they ever will (mostly because they don’t see the people they oppress as fellow humans).
              Do you really think Hubbard or the pope would ever hang a quote that condemns them and their respective churches to hell for their exploits on their wall?

                • MemeCollector@kbin.socialOP
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  We’ll never know I guess, you do give them more credit for seeing what they do as wrong, than I do though…

                  • Maeve@kbin.social
                    2·
                    9 months ago

                    In my perspective, knowing exactly what one is and seeing it as right or wrong aren’t always a pair. Some psychology professionals don’t differentiate between psychopathy and sociopathy; others say aspd persons know what they do is wrong, and do it anyway but psychopaths do not. Either way, neither personality seems to admit knowing exactly what they are, to psychology professionals or legal employees, for reasons.

                    • edited for spelling and clarification.

                    ** second edit: thanking you for a thought-provoking conversation. I’ll probably mull it over, for weeks.