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sinkingfeeling

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Sun Dec 31, 2023, 12:38 AM Dec 2023

There's several interesting verses in the first chapter of James. [View all]

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James 1:10-11

But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.


James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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For clarification, I'm an atheist. I just found these two, especially James 1:27, would be useful when arguing with some Christians.

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