25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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I say, give me single-payer medical insurance and a government guarantee I won't be impoverished in old age.
Carl
>From: joanna <123hop at comcast.net>
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>Religion = fundamentalism?
>
>joanna
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>Carl Remick wrote:
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>>>From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
>>>
>>>Personally, atheist disdain doesn't really bother me. I view it as a form
>>>of despair, esp when it's expressed through insults or, if one is feeling
>>>generous, condescension.
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>>How interesting. IMO, it's *religion* that is a form of despair or at
>>least utter fatalism. I've thought about this often recently as the
>>nation's Hallelujah Chorus rejoices over the trashing of the welfare
>>state. Fundamentalists have no confidence at all in people's ability to
>>take hold of their destiny and shape it in a positive way through the
>>collective power of government. Basically they just want to sit
>>passively, roll their eyes up to heaven and hope that God will give 'em a
>>job or good health someday. Pathetic.
>>
>>Carl
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