If you use the story of Lazarus to support a doctrine of poverty, you might as well say that the proper cure for sores is to have dogs lick them (Luke 16:21).

Hermeneutics 101. What is an incidental detail to hold the story together, and what is the real point that Jesus tries to make? A parable or a story is not a hundred unrelated details for you to use as you please. It has one or only several main points, and then some details to hold it together. Of course the details could be significant, but locate the main point first, and this main point controls what you can infer from the details. Why is this so hard for you to understand?

Idiots. Stop exploiting Jesus to justify your pathetic lives — your lack of faith, your lack of success, and yes, your love of money. You are so much more obsessed with money than the rich, only you have nothing to show for it.

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