I came accros this great quote from Herman Melville regarding criticism of the poor. I struck me as a wise observation, so I thought I would share it with you all. Here is what Melville said:
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.”
15 responses so far ↓
Jason // April 4, 2009 at 1:28 am |
That’s neat. I have to say that; I’m well-housed, warmed, and fed.
K. Rex Butts // April 4, 2009 at 6:58 am |
Me too!
Steve Allison // April 10, 2009 at 10:37 am |
Great one. It is a quote that needs to make the rounds.
WesWoodell // April 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm |
Yeah … and I’ve heard some poor people really lambast people like you and me.
Andrew // April 14, 2009 at 1:15 am |
To Wes:
My response to you is from a book I read by John Buchan entitled “A Pilgrim’s Way”. “That man is miserable John, misery knows no manners.”
WesWoodell // April 14, 2009 at 12:19 pm |
lol … a good quote, Andrew. And true
preacherman // April 15, 2009 at 5:53 pm |
Great quote.
Keep up the great work brother!
WesWoodell // April 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm |
Hey Rex – I was checking my blog stats, and I’ve gotten two hits from somebody searching for “rex butts false teaching church of christ”
Congratulations. :p
K. Rex Butts // April 16, 2009 at 9:06 pm |
Hmmn… And Jesus had those who accused him of blasphemy.
Grace and peace,
Rex
WesWoodell // April 16, 2009 at 9:17 pm |
No, no they didn’t leave any comments or anything, but when you do that search on Google it links to my post on Religulous.
WesWoodell // April 16, 2009 at 9:19 pm |
I just realized what you were asking – let me clarify: no one ‘wrote you up’ for being a false teacher or anything like that.
Someone just did a search on Google of “rex butts false teaching church of christ” and the words they used led them to my post on Religulous.
I just thought it was funny someone was searching for that.
preacherman // April 17, 2009 at 4:53 pm |
I love the way Jesus Christ set an example of how for us to do ministry. Notice in all the gospels that Jesus met the needs of individuals before he proclaimed the good news of God’s love, grace, and heavenly kingdom. He healed, fed, forgave, saved lives of sinners. Wonderful example for us as a church in the 21st century to live by as well.
K. Rex Butts // April 17, 2009 at 5:27 pm |
Preacherman,
Exactly!!! Now if we could learn to measure our churches and our lives by the life of Jesus rather than the false idols we prop up (such as the supposed church pattern in the NT or the so-called “American Traditional Values”) then we would see change…meaningful change.
Grace and peace,
Rex
Dell Kimberly // April 20, 2009 at 12:24 am |
Well housed, well warmed and well fed, but we got the doctrine right….Right???
K. Rex Butts // April 20, 2009 at 12:53 am |
Yeah… sometimes it sure seems like we have majored in the minors and minored in the majors.