Protests against Wall Street spread across US

[billwald]

A permit to walk on the city streets? The Republicons would love to have the cities issue walking/standing permits.

Or how about a "CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL JUSTICE." That would cause a blanket permission to be generated.

 

[exscentric]

Not a sidewalk walk, it is total disruption of traffic on sidewalks and streets, last time they blocked a freeway. Along with that were the fires, broken windows and other anarchy.

Of course this one is going to be "peaceful" but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Aaron]

You don't really want to enter into a proof-texting battle, do you?

This isn't prooftexting. It's the premises undergirding the parable that are illuminating. You may have missed them. Here's a simpler one. Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's. And, in case you miss this too, to say you desire "economic justice" is simply another way of saying you covet what others have.

 

[freeatlast]

They are having a march in Portland OR today. The city requires a permit. The organizer says they will not, based on legal advice, give the city their plans or where they are going, nor will they get the required permit.

It is a protest against the establishment and it is meant to disrupt the public.

There is one in Houston and no permit is required. This is going to increase with violence as the time of the Lord grows near and the church grows more rebellious and continues to fall away.

 

[Matt Black]

This isn't prooftexting. It's the premises undergirding the parable that are illuminating. You may have missed them. Here's a simpler one. Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's. And, in case you miss this too, to say you desire "economic justice" is simply another way of saying you covet what others have.

But if the 'other' is a greedy so-and-so who arrogates to himself way way more than he needs at the expense of others, it most certainly is not coveting to demand that that grave injustice be redressed. God doesn't think so either - read Amos if you don't believe me.

 

[Aaron]

Anyone who "arrogates" to himself anything of another's, whether he needs it or not, is a thief. Thus another Scriptural principle: thou shalt not steal. The question is ownership and slavery.

 

[Mexdeaf]

I find this discussion amusing. Ben Franklin would likely weep.