This just proves the point of half my sig: You guys aren't followers of Jesus, you're followers of Paul.
Paul was a minister of the New Covenant.
Jesus was born under, and lived under the Old Covenant.
Paul was given instructions by the risen Lord Jesus Christ.
You could care less what's written in the gospels about the rich. (Spoiler alert: They aren't spoken of very highly.)
Jesus condemned the Pharisees, and many other Jews including the High Priest Caiaphas. Most of these Jews were the "rich" men of Judea during the days of Jesus that Jesus condemned. They weren't condemned for being rich, they were condemned for putting their faith in money.
When it comes to the carpenter, you outright ignore what he told you to do more often than not.
If you look at the verses I showed you in my previous post, the Apostle Paul makes it clear that wealthy people are not to put their faith in money, and they are to give money to the poor.
You favor the tentmaker instead. Considering he didn't know the Nazarene, this shouldn't surprise anyone.
Wrong again.
(1 Cor 15: 5-8) and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
And seriously, who of any of us on this thread has proposed taxes should "take care of the rich"? The exact opposite, in fact. But interestingly enough, the rich are being taken care of, right now. If this was a Freudian slip, tet, it was a doozy.
Liberals think the government can take care of the poor.
Obama said he wanted to "spread the wealth"
Again, Jesus and the Apostle Paul tell us to give to the poor. Neither give instructions for the government to take care of the poor.
The Christ of the gospels cursed the wealthy, the rich, and those who held on to material gains and wealth.
No, the Christ of the gospels cursed the unbelieving Jews who put the Talmud and money ahead of their faith.