Quote:Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, said it’s his work for more gun control — along with his anti-smoking and healthy eating campaigns — that have won him God’s favor and a sure spot behind the Pearly Gates.
His exact words, made in context of discussing his smoking cessation and anti-obesity pushes, as well as his concerted crackdowns on private gun ownership, to the New York Times were: “I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”
Mr. Bloomberg, 72, made the remarks after mentioning his growing distress over the number of former college classmates he’s noticed in the “in memoriam” pages of his school newsletter, the New York Times reported. Mr. Bloomberg’s just reached his 50th anniversary of his college graduation.
While mayor, Mr. Bloomberg pushed to ban Styrofoam containers, trans-fats, certain tobacco sales, and super sized sodas, to name a few.
He’s also pledging $50 million to build a coalition — similar to Mothers Against Drunk Driving — to take on the National Rifle Association.
I seem to remember a verse that says something like "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
(12-03-2019 09:07 PM)banker Wrote: Guess he skipped the verses that cover grace versus works. No one can reach Heaven through works and that seems where he's putting all his eggs.
There has to be something in there about the dangers of self righteousness.
(12-03-2019 09:07 PM)banker Wrote: Guess he skipped the verses that cover grace versus works. No one can reach Heaven through works and that seems where he's putting all his eggs.
That alone will guarantee him a nice short ride down the dirty clothes chute to HELL.
What an idiot. He's asking for it. Another thing: Man, I thought he was around 80 years old and now I found out he's only one year older than me. It must be the water in El Paso that's keeping me young looking...LOL