quote author=ironglow link=topic=254348.msg1099494314#msg1099494314 date=1332420584]
It seems if they believed their "messiah", they would take him serious enough to share all that excess abundance, rather like.. "spread the wealth around".
Obviously, until they spreadf all their wealth around, they are simply blowing smoke.. just as phony as the parts tehy play on their job. Perhaps they get their personal lives confused with their work life... ALL acting..
They did spread it around. Now they could have converted their wealth into gold bars and buried them in the back yard where no one would have benefitted. Instead they made jobs for carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, cabinetmakers, gardeners, cooks, chaffeurs, airplane workers, boatbuilders. By creating jobs they gave dignity to these people instead of putting them on the government dole. St Thomas Aquinas said that of the seven deadly sins envy was the greatest. It is the only one whose purpose is to hurt others. What these people have they earned. It was not taken from anyone at the point of a gun or the duress of a tax collector. Every cent they have was spent willingly and not mandated by the government or anyone else.