I find it interesting how… transactional modern christianity is. You can’t just help anyone for free, it’s gotta be a in to the unfaithful for your particular sect, or a way to earn cash for your church, or a way to earn brownie points for god. The end result is less being a Good Samaritan… or even the shepherding the flock. What emerges is more like a multi level marketing scheme where the faithful are desperately trying to recruit others to get some of their salvation passed up the chain to them.
I find it interesting how… transactional modern christianity is. You can’t just help anyone for free, it’s gotta be a in to the unfaithful for your particular sect, or a way to earn cash for your church, or a way to earn brownie points for god. The end result is less being a Good Samaritan… or even the shepherding the flock. What emerges is more like a multi level marketing scheme where the faithful are desperately trying to recruit others to get some of their salvation passed up the chain to them.
If you read Luther’s 95 thesis you’ll find they were always transactional.
I wouldn’t be shocked to find that when Jesus was ragging on the rich, he was doing so with a hand out and a cheesy grin on his face.
To be fair, I think it always has been. Think about the unimaginable wealth the Catholic Church has amassed over the past couple of centuries.
I saw something recently that the Trinity Church in New York by itself has like $7 billion in assets.
It’s always been that way. It’s called “the great commission”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Commission