"TIM RICHARDSON -> ROSS SAUER"  wrote in
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 RS>> And did he advocate preachers getting rich?


 RS>> Bit of a thorny issue here!


 RS>> I think any preacher who uses the Gospels to justify getting rich
 RS>> deserves to have to pay TAXES!


 RS>> Passions over 'prosperity gospel': Was Jesus wealthy?
 RS>> By John Blake, CNN


 RS>> Jesus wasn't poor, Rev. C. Thomas Anderson claims
 RS>> Preacher: Donkey, wise men's gifts, expensive undergarments prove
 TR> Jesus RS>was wealthy


 TR> Jesus `wasn't' poor. His step-father, Joseph, was a carpenter. Jesus
 TR> followed into Joseph's trade.

I know that.
But we have no idea if Joseph was a good carpenter, mediocre or bad.
Likewise Jesus.

 TR> In the day of Jesus, pretty much as now, a skilled tradesman always
 TR> has work, and makes a good living. Where the idea that Jesus was
 TR> `poor' came from is probably buried in antiquity. But skilled
 TR> carpenters are rarely, if ever, `poor'.

Thing is Jesus gave up the trade to go "on the road."

So how much ready cash did he have at hand?

Some of these "Prosperity Preachers" say he had a lot.

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