tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post2794715504656898616..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: How the Rich Murder the PoorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-27250277414205734622017-05-04T23:51:46.829-05:002017-05-04T23:51:46.829-05:00Is "wealth owned" being used synonymousl...Is "wealth owned" being used synonymously with "income earned" or "assets"? Because if we're equating wealth with assets, and the tax data used by the CBO is from income tax, then I'm not sure the relation of taxes to wealth is the most accurate comparison that ought to be used here. As you know, we generally don't pay income tax on assets we own. Some clarification would be helpful. <br /><br />JoeJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024517457347659720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-65022801109128154522017-04-25T22:41:35.397-05:002017-04-25T22:41:35.397-05:00But, to be fair to you, Oliver, you are incompeten...But, to be fair to you, Oliver, you are incompetent to prove even that any of the data provided in the graphs in this essay is incorrect. All of it came from the Congressional Budget Office, and the CBO is commonly acknowledged to be about as non-partisan as anything in federal government.<br /><br />You can't controvert the economics, nor can you controvert the Christian teaching that goes with it, so you're left with slinging names and refusing to engage the discussion. Which I can't blame you for. If I were as empty on facts as you, I would do exactly as you have done, for there is nothing else to say. <br /><br />There are no opposing facts, there is no viable opposing philosophy.<br />You have empty hands, and you have to distract from that fact.<br />That's sad.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-12044858124332680672017-04-25T22:37:10.492-05:002017-04-25T22:37:10.492-05:00Oliver, what you mean is, you have no intention of...Oliver, what you mean is, you have no intention of actually learning what the Fathers and Doctors of the Church teach. <br /><br />If you think St. John Chrysostom is wrong, say where he erred.<br /><br />If you think the Koran is wrong, say where it erred.<br />I could list many passages in the Koran and the hadith which are obviously erroneous. On the other hand, there are many passages which are correct - that God is all-Merciful, all-Compassionate, that Mary is ever-virgin, that Mary and Jesus are sinless, that Jesus will be the Judge on the Last Day, etc.<br /><br />Islam may be a false religion, but we must, as Catholics, distinguish its false teachings from its true teachings, so as to draw the Muslim from the partial truths they already possess towards the full truth.<br /><br />You appear to claim that St. John Chrysostom and the other Fathers and Doctors of the Church are in error. I would like to know where. <br /><br />But, you fear to read those sermons, so you are incompetent to make your point. Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-54770788492922942742017-04-25T22:07:14.489-05:002017-04-25T22:07:14.489-05:00Which part of "read the sermons of St. John C...Which part of "read the sermons of St. John Chrysostom" were you having trouble understanding? Read the Fathers and Doctors of the Church on poverty.<br /><br />Then, tell me which part of their teaching I got wrong, and how.<br />Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-53948717043002040412017-04-25T21:50:50.550-05:002017-04-25T21:50:50.550-05:00If Jesus was the man you think he was he would hav...If Jesus was the man you think he was he would have called for three revolts: one against the Romans, another against the Pharisees, yet another against the Rich. He called for none. Instead, he willingly offered himself up to these people as a lamb lead to the slaughter, dying for our sins on the cross.<br /><br />Obsessing over the rich is easy. Making sacrifices for the poor is hard. <br /><br />Which road are you taking? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085191871306721288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-72054968915202739982017-04-25T18:48:22.358-05:002017-04-25T18:48:22.358-05:00Name-slinging is for liberals.
If you can refute t...Name-slinging is for liberals.<br />If you can refute the facts presented, refute them.<br />If you think I mis-represent Church teaching, explain how.<br />If you want to understand how Catholics view poverty, read the sermons of St. John Chrysostom, Father and Doctor of the Church. <br />If you think I have mis-represented Chrysostom, explain how.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Poverty-Saint-John-Chrysostom/dp/088141039X<br /><br />Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-87324449369079370612017-04-25T18:09:59.512-05:002017-04-25T18:09:59.512-05:00So this blog is just boilerplate leftism dressed u...So this blog is just boilerplate leftism dressed up in priestly vestments?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085191871306721288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-82330780436797740972017-04-25T17:58:25.739-05:002017-04-25T17:58:25.739-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085191871306721288noreply@blogger.com