Fun with Religion; attn.: Ronnie

[mburbank]

So, Vince, when you say

"if you steal and waste your talents and leech off people, that is not doing what God allows us to do."

What you mean is

"Those who steal, waste their talents and use others without returning anything are ignoring the gifts God gave them".

The construction "If you... that is not doing..." Is confusing because by introducing a negative in the second clause, you destroy the paralell. Any two clause sentence beginning with "If you" should be follwed by a second clause beginning "Then you", or, in my construction and even simpler "Those who" follwed by "Are".

Allowing implies permission to use, not giving. God gives us free will. He allows us to sin.

"Maybe you should learn to read."

I did, in first grade. You should learn to write.