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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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0 posted 2013-07-29 01:47 PM





Insidious sin it is
It holds the power
that drives the world
Even those that preach
against it and it's evils
use the lure of abundance
waiting for them from God
To be saved dial 1-800
And be sure you get
the right denomination
of green backs
and congregation
There are good souls
that feed the hungry
clothe the naked
love the unloved
Not because of dogma
(I'll except karma)
I believe
because they possess
fundamental understandings
of the lessons Christ taught
Because those principals
are ageless
Just as in his time
Religion and Government
are still linked together
through power and money
There are those among us
that have been neglected
disdained and rejected
by Society's Elite
Some remember what
Jesus did
And where He went
and who He
hung out with
He spoke in parables
to get to the essences of things
not letters of laws
The heart of the matter
of man's flaws
He turned his back
on church and state
to care for the rest
The state that goes
for the letter of the law
always to circumvent it
to a worthy payoff
The letters can be rearranged
to spell different meanings
Essences cannot
The essence of a thing
is it's truth
The essence of Greed
is Hunger
and Pain

LGR(c)7/29/13

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EmmaRose
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1 posted 2013-07-29 01:49 PM


Amen to all that...gotta find faith in the message, not the money changers that charge for it, then put gold toilet seats in their homes..
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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2 posted 2013-07-29 01:50 PM


I hear ya sister! Lori
JerryPat2
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3 posted 2013-07-29 01:52 PM


How'd Emma get ahead of me? Heh.Heh You have hit the nail on the proverbial head. I find a lot of hypocrisy and greed as you put it in the temples of the faithful.

~*~ Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils? ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2013-07-29 01:57 PM


Sad and insidious part is they can't see it
Thanks my friend

Gale
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5 posted 2013-07-30 03:30 AM


Very true, Lori!  

It's funny by the way, but when I read lines:
"waiting for them from God
To be saved dial 1-800"
I did it in English except numbers, which I've read in Russian just automatically because of their next position and... in Russian they rhyme with "God"
1-800 - îäèí-âîñåìüñîò (odin-vosemsot)  

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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6 posted 2013-07-30 08:12 AM


Way cool Gale! thank you so much for sharing that wonderful tidbit of information, I love it

Lori  

JerryPat2
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7 posted 2013-07-30 08:53 AM


That is true, Lori, they sometimes look as if they have been through a brain-washing, which, of course they have.

~*~ Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils? ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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8 posted 2013-07-30 11:47 AM


Yep JP2,
By the way I love your little comment at the bottom of your page.  I'm going to put that on the wall at work when school starts back up.


Lori

JamesMichael
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9 posted 2013-08-07 10:38 PM


nice to read your thoughts on greed...James
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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10 posted 2013-08-07 10:49 PM


Why thank you James!

Lori  

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