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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 12:03:39 JST Nathan Schneider

   "The goal for Christians should be not the elimination of poverty—Jesus said that is futile, anyway—but actually to encourage more of it."

   My latest in America Magazine: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/02/13/christian-poverty-dignity-249696

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     carthik (carthik@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 13:05:29 JST carthik

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     @ntnsndr I read it. Twice!! Well said.

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     Marie Van Cranenbroeck, PhD (marievc@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 14:44:23 JST Marie Van Cranenbroeck, PhD

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     @ntnsndr I'm uncomfortable with the words in this article, but there's a passage in the New Testament (Act 4: 32-35) that says that the apostles gave everything but the essentials to live together. If that's what poverty is, then we're in the same boat. Chosen poverty (simplicity, frugality, collectivity?) is very different from subjected poverty.