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Edited on Mon Apr-02-07 05:16 PM by lvx35
He's not going to let us get ourselves in trouble. He's always advocated wasteful and consumerist lives of wealth, so he's going to make sure that nothing bad happens to us for living them. :sarcasm:
Seriously, I have run into this all the time. But this issue is to important to let slide and laugh them off as crazies. Here is what I do:
If you are a Christian:
1) Remind them of Torah stories where God gets pissed and kills everybody 2) Remind them that Christ did NOT advocate wealth or waste, but lived simply 3) Remind them the older generations lived much more simply and sustainably then we do, and give the impression that maybe what we are getting here is a hint that we need to go back to that simpler way of living. They will usually accept this.
If you are not a Christian, just cut to the punchline, say it seems that we are getting pushed into a simpler more old fashioned way of living than we are living now.
Generally, conservative Christians will accept this more constructive narrative as an alternative to the end times narrative.
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