Did I say Irony? He also who had received the one talent came and said, "Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours."
But his lord answered him, "You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter. You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away. Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." The demons from hell stand arrogantly at its gates, and declare for all to hear "Do you need more proof that God is evil than my very existence? My heart is made of stone. I despise mercy, and laugh at the absurdity of sacrifice! The innocent are fools I consume as trifles for my pleasure. What more proof do you need that love is a vice, and mercy is the quest of the insane, than the evidence of my own disgust and ridicule? Enter here, and join with us, the wise and prudent - throw your soul into the pursuit of riches, for all is pointless, and tomorrow you will suffer with us in any case." The light thrown on Republicans from this parable is as the dawn on the skin of the fabled Vampires, burning them alive (so to speak) with the purity of the rays of the Sun. This parable strikes at the very heart of greed, and the folly of materialism. It describes the heart of one who hates the very concept of mercy, believing that sacrifice - the investment in forgiveness of one's fellow - is folly. For the "talents" that each servant is given, the "money" they have to invest is the forgiveness of offenses and the innate belief that giving without expectation of return is a virtue which permeates nature as a principle that returns a profit in a way only those who truly love God can appreciate. The evil heart believes that love is nothing more than a fools errand, by which means the greedy profit even more - indeed, the Master in this parable - God Himself - is given the role by the evil servant, of one who, once giving mercy to the prospective believer, expects the believer to likewise give mercy to his fellows, only to take any profit from his investment for Himself, leaving the believer to mourn the loss of the gift as well as any profit, being worse off for investing his energies to enrich his Master (God) - leaving the target of his mercy (his fellow) even better off than he... claiming it is "wisdom" to refuse participation in such an obvious scam. It is the very definition of the heart of evil, to see mercy as foolishness in comparison with the pleasures of materialism - the gain of worldly riches being more passionately sought than the lives and comfort of others... and ironically, the meaning of this parable is that the casualty is not the one who invests in his fellow, trusting in God for his reward, but rather the eternal life of the evil servant. Republicans despise the poor, the weak, the elderly, the disenfranchised... all under the cover of Darwin's selection of the fittest masquerading as "Christianity" -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
