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  "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 15:02 -0500
    "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 14:31 -0700
      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 16:47 -0500
        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Mr Flibble <flibble@i42.co.uk> - 2016-10-08 23:06 +0100
          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2016-10-08 18:52 -0700
            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" red floyd <no.spam@its.invalid> - 2016-10-10 10:23 -0700
              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2016-10-10 14:45 -0700
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 15:57 -0700
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2016-10-10 18:11 -0700
        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 15:50 -0700
          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2016-10-08 18:50 -0700
            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 21:38 -0700
          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-10-09 09:17 +0200
            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 04:32 -0700
              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-09 20:27 +0100
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 12:44 -0700
          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 15:07 -0500
            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-09 17:51 -0700
            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:07 -0700
              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-09 18:12 -0700
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:43 -0700
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-09 18:46 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:52 -0700
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-09 18:53 -0700
              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 22:00 -0500
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-09 23:31 -0400
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 18:49 +0100
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 11:04 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:08 -0400
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 03:23 -0700
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 11:56 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:05 -0700
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 12:09 -0700
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:23 -0700
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 12:32 -0700
                            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:38 -0700
                              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 12:48 -0700
                                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:55 -0700
                                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 13:02 -0700
                                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:12 +0200
                                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:18 -0700
                                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:21 -0700
                                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:10 +0200
                                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:17 -0400
                                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:01 -0700
                              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 21:58 +0200
                                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:08 -0700
                                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:46 +0200
                              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:15 -0400
                            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 21:56 +0200
                              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 13:07 -0700
                                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:16 +0200
                                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:34 -0700
                                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 15:42 -0700
                                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:49 -0700
                                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-11 21:06 -0400
                                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 20:57 -0700
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:46 -0700
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:12 -0400
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 16:22 -0700
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2016-10-11 18:38 +0000
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2016-10-11 15:33 -0700
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 21:12 +0200
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:17 -0700
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 21:28 +0200
                            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:31 -0700
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-10-10 19:56 +0000
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:20 -0400
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 14:37 -0500
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-10-10 19:40 +0000
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:03 +0200
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:41 -0700
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-10 22:06 +0200
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-10 17:21 -0400
              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 18:41 -0700
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2016-10-10 18:46 -0700
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 18:53 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-11 04:02 +0200
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:22 -0700
                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-10 19:02 -0700
                  Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 05:03 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:23 -0700
                    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-12 16:01 -0700
                      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 17:20 -0700
                        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-12 18:18 -0700
                          Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 18:26 -0700
                            Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-10-13 12:44 +0000
                              Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 06:50 -0700
                                Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 14:26 -0700
      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2016-10-09 18:42 -0400
        Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 17:48 -0700
    Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-10-09 16:20 -0400
      Re: "US judge: end software patents, copyright is sufficient" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 14:38 -0500

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#45418

On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:12:57 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/9/2016 6:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > Lynn McGuire wrote:
> [...]
> >> And my investors demand a profit.
> >
> > This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
> > beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
> > then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
> 
> Selling copies makes God angry?

Selling copies beyond the cost of labor places an active pursuit on
increasing money.  It places an emphasis on money, and the Bible records
that the love of money is the root of all evil:

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/1_timothy/6-10.htm
    10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
       coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
       themselves through with many sorrows.

Money has no saving power.  It becomes a trap that alters one's focus.
People then pursue efforts to keep their money, or get more money, rather
than what's important like helping living human souls in need.

It's the placing a focus on obtaining new money without new labor being
also applied to the effort that's the issue.

> Is God a communist or not? A hive mind perhaps?

See, this is how Satan has taught you in this world.  You assume that
communism is the baseline, and that if God were to then employ any kind
of system which is like communism, then God must be a lunatic.

Has it ever occurred to you that God does have a system like communism,
and that because God has a system that is like communism, Satan here on
the Earth has introduced communism, and destroyed it, and soiled it, and
made it look heinous, so that he can try to make God's system look like
something undesirable?  Well, that's exactly what's happened.

In Heaven when God gives angels charge to do some task, they don't then
go to the bank to arrange financing.  They don't contact the tree growers
and sawmills to make sure they'll have enough lumber to complete their
job.  God has told them what to do, and God will give them what they need
to complete their task to the fullest and most beautiful extent.

The Lord's Prayer includes the portions:

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/6.htm
    10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
    12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And:

    11 Give us this day our daily bread.
    13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For
       thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
       Amen.

God desires to be our all-in-all.  He desires to produce for us such that
we only look to Him.  When He rescued His people out of Egypt, they lived
in the desert 40 years.  Their clothes didn't wear out.  They were given
manna from Heaven six days a week, collecting only enough for the next
day, except on Friday when they collected enough for both Friday and also
Saturday.  If they tried to hoard the manna beyond those days, it became
rancid and wormy and stank.

God taught His people to rely upon Him.  And it's the way it's supposed
to be today.

God's system is one of trust in Him, such that when we are focused upon
Him as the center of our lives, and we are doing this collectively as a
people, then He is providing all things here upon the land for us to do
all of the things He has for us to do, and those things we are interested
in pursuing.

It is the proper system which looks to God to provide, and God provides,
as the people work together for the goals God gives them, and the pursuits
of their heart (in right ways, and not selfish / sinful ways).  And it is
the eternal model seen in Heaven.

It is only Satan who, because he knows this is God's eternal model, sought
a way to make it look like a bad idea here on Earth by using corrupt men
lost in sin to carry out his evil within the effort of communism, so that
it would seem undesirable to men, and keep them from coming to God in this
way, in this effort.

It's one more tool Satan uses to keep people who only give God a causal
glance from coming to the truth of Jesus Christ.  But, if you seek the
truth with a real effort, then you will see past Satan's lies and into God
and God's truth, and that truth will make you free (from Satan's lies, and
ultimately from the sentence of death in Hell by receiving salvation from
Jesus Christ as you see Him as God Almighty the Creator of the universe,
and the One who desires with greatest desire to be with us in eternity).

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45419

On 10/9/2016 6:43 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:12:57 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/9/2016 6:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> And my investors demand a profit.
>>>
>>> This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
>>> beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
>>> then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
>>
>> Selling copies makes God angry?
>
> Selling copies beyond the cost of labor places an active pursuit on
> increasing money.  It places an emphasis on money, and the Bible records
> that the love of money is the root of all evil:
[...]

My God! Rick thinks God is a communist hive mind!

BTW, you moron, I think I am going sell an infinite amount of copies... 
Therefore, I should not go to hell after I sell my first half a million?

Wow.

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#45420

On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:46:30 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/9/2016 6:43 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:12:57 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >> On 10/9/2016 6:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>>> And my investors demand a profit.
> >>>
> >>> This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
> >>> beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
> >>> then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
> >>
> >> Selling copies makes God angry?
> >
> > Selling copies beyond the cost of labor places an active pursuit on
> > increasing money.  It places an emphasis on money, and the Bible records
> > that the love of money is the root of all evil:
> [...]
> 
> My God! Rick thinks God is a communist hive mind!
> 
> BTW, you moron, I think I am going sell an infinite amount of copies... 
> Therefore, I should not go to hell after I sell my first half a million?
> 
> Wow.

Chris, if you ask God to open your eyes to the truth, and pursue that end
with a real effort, He will open your eyes to the truth and teach you the
truth so that you too can be saved.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45421

On 10/9/2016 6:52 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:46:30 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/9/2016 6:43 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:12:57 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>> On 10/9/2016 6:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>> And my investors demand a profit.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
>>>>> beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
>>>>> then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
>>>>
>>>> Selling copies makes God angry?
>>>
>>> Selling copies beyond the cost of labor places an active pursuit on
>>> increasing money.  It places an emphasis on money, and the Bible records
>>> that the love of money is the root of all evil:
>> [...]
>>
>> My God! Rick thinks God is a communist hive mind!
>>
>> BTW, you moron, I think I am going sell an infinite amount of copies...
>> Therefore, I should not go to hell after I sell my first half a million?
>>
>> Wow.
>
> Chris, if you ask God to open your eyes to the truth, and pursue that end
> with a real effort, He will open your eyes to the truth and teach you the
> truth so that you too can be saved.

moron.

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#45422

On 10/9/2016 8:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Wow, that is a twisted reality. You are falsely teaching that profit
>> is bad.
>
> Profit isn't bad.  A purposed pursuit of profit without labor is bad.
> And it's something different if you're handed wealth.  Such unexpected
> gifts are to be uses to help God's people, to employ, gift, etc.
>
>> I feed my family and my nine employees families with our
>> software sales of over a million dollars per year. We do not do
>> this for free.
>
> There's nothing wrong with being paid for labor or service.  By improving
> your software and offering maintenance releases, while selling new
> copies with the enhancements ... that's what we're supposed to do.
> It's ongoing labor applied to the return.
>
> The things I'm talking about are continuing to sell a product from a
> prior labor effort, without new labor being added to improve or
> fix the product, once the cost of investment is recovered.  That's an
> active pursuit of profit beyond labor, and that's at issue.  The cost of
> labor can also include total expenses beyond labor which are part
> of the cost of production.
>
>> And my investors demand a profit.
>
> This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
> beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
> then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
>
> Best regards,
> Rick C. Hodgin

This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook.  You are talking about 
stealing the fruit of my labors.

Lynn

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#45423

On 10/9/2016 11:00 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 10/9/2016 8:07 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> Wow, that is a twisted reality. You are falsely teaching that profit
>>> is bad.
>>
>> Profit isn't bad.  A purposed pursuit of profit without labor is bad.
>> And it's something different if you're handed wealth.  Such unexpected
>> gifts are to be uses to help God's people, to employ, gift, etc.
>>
>>> I feed my family and my nine employees families with our
>>> software sales of over a million dollars per year. We do not do
>>> this for free.
>>
>> There's nothing wrong with being paid for labor or service.  By improving
>> your software and offering maintenance releases, while selling new
>> copies with the enhancements ... that's what we're supposed to do.
>> It's ongoing labor applied to the return.
>>
>> The things I'm talking about are continuing to sell a product from a
>> prior labor effort, without new labor being added to improve or
>> fix the product, once the cost of investment is recovered.  That's an
>> active pursuit of profit beyond labor, and that's at issue.  The cost of
>> labor can also include total expenses beyond labor which are part
>> of the cost of production.
>>
>>> And my investors demand a profit.
>>
>> This is where it can turn into something bad (if it enters into levels
>> beyond usury, such as above savings account interest rates).  It
>> then becomes a way to retrieve new money without new labor.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rick C. Hodgin
> 
> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook.  You are talking about
> stealing the fruit of my labors.
> 
> Lynn
> 
> 

What I would like to know is if money is so bad, why does the Catholic
Church have more money invested in property in the world than any other
organization? (at least that was true several years ago).  They should
be relying on people opening their homes to hold Mass.

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#45427

Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> writes:

> What I would like to know is if money is so bad, why does the Catholic
> Church have more money invested in property in the world than any
> other organization?

An interesting question, the asking of which the Catholic church
declared to be heresy in 1323.

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#45428

On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 11:32:03 PM UTC-4, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> What I would like to know is if money is so bad, why does the Catholic
> Church have more money invested in property in the world than any other
> organization? (at least that was true several years ago).  They should
> be relying on people opening their homes to hold Mass.

The answer to that question is self-evident.

Jesus Christ reaches out to people individually, personally, not through
a church, not through a priest, and not through Mary.  He, Jesus Christ,
and He alone, stands at the door of YOU and YOUR SOUL and knocks.  It is
personal between each of us and Him, and it's always a one-on-one
relationship.  It's not about an organization, a pastor, a spouse, a priest,
a fellow church-member, but it is between the person and Jesus Christ
without intervention.

There are so many harmful organizations which operate under the name or
banner of "Christianity" or of being a "Christian."  The only way to find
the truth in this world is to seek the truth, and in so doing you are known
to God to be seeking after the truth, and He Himself steps into your life
in an active way and guides you to it, which is to say guides you to His
Son.

For each of us it is personal.  It does not involve other people, though
the Lord may use other people in His drawing of you personally to His Son.
But it is never about me, or a anyone in the church, no born again
Christian, no man upon this Earth, but only about Him, though by His grace
and mercy, He chose to ask us to go out into the world and be His voice,
be His hands, be His in this world.  But none of us could do it without
the change He first made within us, for it is His Holy Spirit within that
gives any of us the strength to go on teaching about Him in the face of
so much hatred coming back our way.

This world is not a Christian's home.  The people here are important, and
they are more important than other things for they are living souls made
in the image and likeness of God.

Until a person can say honestly that they know that, they have never met
the Lord Jesus Christ, and until they refocus their lives to reach out to
those lost people here upon this Earth, desiring to save their eternal
souls from judgment, they are not walking after the Lord nor doing His
work here upon this Earth.

Jesus Christ came to save people.  That mission has not changed.  People
are of paramount importance to Him, and they are to be redeemed through
Him unto His Kingdom, unto truth, and in so doing live forever with Him.

-----
All of your hateful posts, Jerry, all of your calling people names ...
you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.  You are placing up a banner of
hate before you in all you do.  You are dividing, not uniting.  You have
the spirit of division within you, not unification.  And you have not
been willing to hear rebukes as to your character or professed
Christianity.  You are a lost soul, Jerry, giving a bad witness for
Jesus Christ, and your position is one to be fearful of for those who
choose to teach (which is what you are doing in your profession, and
by your actions) shall receive the greater condemnation.  You'd better
wake up because you are not promised tomorrow.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45462

On 10/10/2016 2:04 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:

... Nothing worth repeating.

Damn - I thought Rick plonked me.  He promised never to reply to me again.

-- 
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
jstucklex@attglobal.net
==================

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#45424

Lynn McGuire wrote:
> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
> about stealing the fruit of my labors.

God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
not our strength, not our abilities.  Money is uncertain.  Strength fades.
Abilities diminish, and we rarely have all we need alone anyway.  But
God never changes.  He is always sufficient, even abundant beyond
need.

God cursed the ground when Adam sinned so that Adam wouldn't be
idle and therefore be overrun completely by Satan.  By keeping
busy and active, man feels a sense of accomplishment, and there's
an automatic focus on doing the things God established for us.

He didn't give us individually all of the skills required to do all
we need in this world continually.  We need each other, and that's
by design.  God wants us working together, with our focus on Him
and helping one another, and not on the things of this world.  He's
put an explicit focus on people needing people, so our concerns are
on the living (Him first, then each other), and not on dead things
(money, possessions).

Labor continually until we die, always with our focus on Him and
people, such that He then steps into our lives actively and meets
all our needs.

Sin taints that call, by the way.  It shifts people's focus readily so they
won't see value in serving God, but will see value in amassing stuff.
But for all who seek the truth, the world will be overcome by us
putting our faith in Jesus Christ such that the born again spirit
nature asserts itself into power and change, such that we are
made free, and serve God rightly, with His purposes forefront, and
paramount.

God first.  People second.  All other concerns after.  When we place
things in that order, God provides all we need, and steers our lives
from within by His Holy Spirit.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45429

On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
>
> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
> not our strength, not our abilities.
[...]

If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before 
you starve to death?

And no Rick, I am not going to turn into a homeless beggar, or live in 
poverty, just to make God happy.

I think you are way off in the deep end here Rick. You are making God 
sound like total whack job. Good job.

moron.

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#45430

On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
> >> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
> >
> > God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
> > not our strength, not our abilities.
> [...]
> 
> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before 
> you starve to death?

In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.

> And no Rick, I am not going to turn into a homeless beggar, or live in 
> poverty, just to make God happy.

Here's what Jesus says:

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/16-25.htm
    25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever
       will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Save your life unto your personal wants, and you lose it in eternity
as you are in rebellion against God.  Lose your life unto Him and His
personal wants, and you save it unto eternity.  And losing your life
to Him doesn't mean you don't continue doing the things you have some
personal interests in.  It just means you do them now for the Lord
rather than for your own self.  You acknowledge Him in the things you
do, as I am doing in my hardware and software efforts.

> I think you are way off in the deep end here Rick. You are making God 
> sound like total whack job. Good job.

The Bible says that the message of the cross, and the things related to
the teachings of the Bible, will be total foolishness to those who are
perishing.  It is that way because it requires the born again nature to
be able to receive, because God is spirit and the things of God are
spiritually discerned.

Your skin can't see even though light hits it.  In order to see you
need an eye.  Your mind can't understand the things of God even though
I speak them to you.  In order to understand the things of God you need
the spirit.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45431

On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
>>>
>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
>> [...]
>>
>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
>> you starve to death?
>
> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.

Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin, 
damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!

;^o

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#45434

On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
> >>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
> >>>
> >>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
> >>> not our strength, not our abilities.
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
> >> you starve to death?
> >
> > In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
> > the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
> > getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
> 
> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin, 
> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
> 
> ;^o

If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
investment.

The love of money is the root of all evil.  Money itself is not evil,
just like heroine itself is not evil.  But having it in abundance in
continuous close proximity, Satan uses the temptation it provides to
entice people unto sin.  How many are strong enough to continually
avoid the sinful side of the temptations associated with it?  Not many.
And if it's not money that will take you down, there's something.  The
flesh is weak, which is why we need to be born again of the spirit.

Satan is no slouch.  He knows how to defeat you.  He's studied you since
you were young, and he has in all people's case.  It's why we need Jesus
Christ, so that we can overcome in Him because He can see the traps the
vicious enemy Satan places before us, and He can protect us from them.

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/proverbs/30.htm

    7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
    8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor
      riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
    9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest
      I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

It is of God's wisdom that He keeps us in labor for our needs.  It is
Satan's plan of foolishness that we have soft lives of non-want, for
there is his playground of enticing sin for us to traipse through at
our leisure.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45437

On 10/10/2016 12:23 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
>>>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
>>>>>
>>>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
>>>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
>>>> you starve to death?
>>>
>>> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
>>> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
>>> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
>>
>> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin,
>> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
>>
>> ;^o
>
> If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
> software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
> investment.

You think the cost of labor is the only expense? lol. Man, you are out 
of your mind. It is not a sin to make a profit. Its not a sin to make a 
shi% load of money. God is not a communist hive mind.

damn it!

[...]

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#45439

On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:32:46 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/10/2016 12:23 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >>>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
> >>>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
> >>>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
> >>>> [...]
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
> >>>> you starve to death?
> >>>
> >>> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
> >>> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
> >>> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
> >>
> >> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin,
> >> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
> >>
> >> ;^o
> >
> > If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
> > software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
> > investment.
> 
> You think the cost of labor is the only expense? lol. Man, you are out 
> of your mind.

The cost of labor includes fixed costs associated with production, but
it is the motion of man creating and doing that it refers to (ongoing
work).

> It is not a sin to make a profit. Its not a sin to make a 
> .. load of money. God is not a communist hive mind.

He says it twice:

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/19.htm

    23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
       a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
    24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
       the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
       of God.

There's a famous quote about this passage.  A man lay dying and some
came and asked him what he needed before he died?  He replied:  "A
very small camel and a very large needle."

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45444

On 10/10/2016 12:38 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:32:46 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/10/2016 12:23 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
>>>>>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
>>>>>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
>>>>>> you starve to death?
>>>>>
>>>>> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
>>>>> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
>>>>> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
>>>>
>>>> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin,
>>>> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
>>>>
>>>> ;^o
>>>
>>> If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
>>> software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
>>> investment.
>>
>> You think the cost of labor is the only expense? lol. Man, you are out
>> of your mind.
>
> The cost of labor includes fixed costs associated with production, but
> it is the motion of man creating and doing that it refers to (ongoing
> work).

You are totally delusional!

>
>> It is not a sin to make a profit. Its not a sin to make a
>> .. load of money. God is not a communist hive mind.
>
> He says it twice:
>
>     http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/19.htm
>
>     23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
>        a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
>     24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
>        the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
>        of God.
>
> There's a famous quote about this passage.  A man lay dying and some
> came and asked him what he needed before he died?  He replied:  "A
> very small camel and a very large needle."

What is your definition of rich, Rick?

Now you are trying to say that God is going to send everybody that has a 
nice amount of money to Hell. Wow, this God of yours is a total monster 
as%hole.

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#45445

On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:48:23 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 10/10/2016 12:38 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:32:46 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >> On 10/10/2016 12:23 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >>>> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> >>>>>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>>>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>>>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
> >>>>>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
> >>>>>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
> >>>>>> [...]
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
> >>>>>> you starve to death?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
> >>>>> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
> >>>>> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin,
> >>>> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
> >>>>
> >>>> ;^o
> >>>
> >>> If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
> >>> software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
> >>> investment.
> >>
> >> You think the cost of labor is the only expense? lol. Man, you are out
> >> of your mind.
> >
> > The cost of labor includes fixed costs associated with production, but
> > it is the motion of man creating and doing that it refers to (ongoing
> > work).
> 
> You are totally delusional!
> 
> >
> >> It is not a sin to make a profit. Its not a sin to make a
> >> .. load of money. God is not a communist hive mind.
> >
> > He says it twice:
> >
> >     http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/19.htm
> >
> >     23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
> >        a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
> >     24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
> >        the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
> >        of God.
> >
> > There's a famous quote about this passage.  A man lay dying and some
> > came and asked him what he needed before he died?  He replied:  "A
> > very small camel and a very large needle."
> 
> What is your definition of rich, Rick?
> 
> Now you are trying to say that God is going to send everybody that has a 
> nice amount of money to Hell. Wow, this God of yours is a total monster 
> as%hole.

It's not the money that is bad.  Rich people will enter into Heaven.  But
when a person has riches they are focused on their riches, on keeping
them, on acquiring more.  It is a drawing in one's life that demands
attention, and it prevents one from doing work for the Lord as a person
seeking more money will more often make sacrifices in quality or in some
other area so as to decrease costs and increase revenue.

God would save a person from that distraction, and have them operate in a
way which continually keeps them on their knees acknowledging Him as the
source of that which they have been given, and could ever be given.  It
is a happy place to be.

BTW, Paul even warns about getting married.  A married person seeks to
please their spouse.  A single person seeks to please the Lord.  A married
person will necessarily (and rightly) focus their attention and time on
pleasing their spouse, on meeting their needs ... but a single person will
have that time to devote to the Lord.

Paul suggests it's better to remain single, but that not all people can
do this.  It is not a command, just guidance for those in this world who
want to serve the Lord to the uttermost.

    http://biblehub.com/kjv/1_corinthians/7-34.htm

    34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The
       unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she
       may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married
       careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

It's not a command to not marry, but information for the discerning person
who will choose the things of their life.  It is a teaching that the
married person will have focus and attention on things which are not
explicitly of the Lord, but are of the world and of their spouse's needs.
As a married person who is also a believer, I can tell you it's 100% true.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

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#45450

On 10/10/2016 12:55 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:48:23 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/10/2016 12:38 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:32:46 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>> On 10/10/2016 12:23 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 3:09:47 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/10/2016 12:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:56:13 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 10/10/2016 3:23 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> This is a bunch of buzzwords and gobblygook. You are talking
>>>>>>>>>> about stealing the fruit of my labors.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> God wants us to rely upon Him for the things we need, not our money,
>>>>>>>>> not our strength, not our abilities.
>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you are hungry, how long does it take for God to give you food before
>>>>>>>> you starve to death?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In this world today, you work.  You cast your net into the sea and take
>>>>>>> the coin from the mouth of the first fish you catch, a metaphor for
>>>>>>> getting a job and being content with what the Lord gives you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Writing software is work, damn it. Selling many copies is not a sin,
>>>>>> damn it! What the heck is wrong with you man?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;^o
>>>>>
>>>>> If you look back over these posts, at no point have I said don't sell
>>>>> software.  What I have said is don't sell beyond the cost of the labor
>>>>> investment.
>>>>
>>>> You think the cost of labor is the only expense? lol. Man, you are out
>>>> of your mind.
>>>
>>> The cost of labor includes fixed costs associated with production, but
>>> it is the motion of man creating and doing that it refers to (ongoing
>>> work).
>>
>> You are totally delusional!
>>
>>>
>>>> It is not a sin to make a profit. Its not a sin to make a
>>>> .. load of money. God is not a communist hive mind.
>>>
>>> He says it twice:
>>>
>>>     http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/19.htm
>>>
>>>     23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
>>>        a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
>>>     24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
>>>        the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
>>>        of God.
>>>
>>> There's a famous quote about this passage.  A man lay dying and some
>>> came and asked him what he needed before he died?  He replied:  "A
>>> very small camel and a very large needle."
>>
>> What is your definition of rich, Rick?
>>
>> Now you are trying to say that God is going to send everybody that has a
>> nice amount of money to Hell. Wow, this God of yours is a total monster
>> as%hole.
>
> It's not the money that is bad.  Rich people will enter into Heaven.  But
> when a person has riches they are focused on their riches, on keeping
> them, on acquiring more.

Ummm... You are projecting this bullshi% on all people that have nice 
amounts of money. You do not know what the hell you are talking about!


> It is a drawing in one's life that demands
> attention, and it prevents one from doing work for the Lord as a person
> seeking more money will more often make sacrifices in quality or in some
> other area so as to decrease costs and increase revenue.

You are projecting your crap on others again.


> God would save a person from that distraction, and have them operate in a
> way which continually keeps them on their knees acknowledging Him as the
> source of that which they have been given, and could ever be given.  It
> is a happy place to be.

Now your telling me that God wants me on my knees forever?


> BTW, Paul even warns about getting married.  A married person seeks to
> please their spouse.  A single person seeks to please the Lord.  A married
> person will necessarily (and rightly) focus their attention and time on
> pleasing their spouse, on meeting their needs ... but a single person will
> have that time to devote to the Lord.
>
> Paul suggests it's better to remain single, but that not all people can
> do this.  It is not a command, just guidance for those in this world who
> want to serve the Lord to the uttermost.

WTF! Now I can't make a lot of money and I can't get married because its 
too much of a temptation? LOL!!!!

Wow!

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#45456

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:02:35 -0700
"Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> 
> WTF! Now I can't make a lot of money and I can't get married because
> its too much of a temptation? LOL!!!!

That is the point. Mankind has to perish in order to save souls ;)

> 
> Wow!
> 



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