https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/spadaro-and-figueroa-rile-christian-right-again-new-essay
MGB: I know wealthy Catholics who baptize their wealth with tithing and believe it is a favor from God rather than be the dirty reward of participation in the rigged Capitalist system. Peale, Trump and their Protestant cultists are not the only ones tainted by these beliefs, which condemn the poor rather than finding Jesus among them. Indeed, Paul Ryan's Randianism and its reactionary fervor come from such a system of uncharity. The authors misunderstand the American Dream, which has a strong dose of mutualism. The selfishness of the Prosperity Gospel comes from the Scottish Presbyterians, who fully embraced Capitalism, bringing us back to Peale. This baptizes envy among the poor, who believe that faith will make them rich, rather than resistance to the exploitation that keeps them in their place in the Republcian Party, rather than with Jesus among the poor, whom are truly blessed.
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