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Entry: Flogging Brother Ass Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/flogging_brother_ass#6022 Post contents: Like a lot of saints, Francis may have carried some things too far in one direction or another. Even as a newborn in temporarily over-crowded Bethlehem, Christ did not sleep in dirt. As the only child of a skilled craftsman, he probably enjoyed a middle to upper middle class standard of living growing up - by the standards of the time, which basically means minus the technological amenities of the last couple of centuries. As an adult, he had well-off friends who provided him with food, probably lodging, and even a tomb. I think the timing is a bit wrong for Francis to be reacting against the Renaissance. He was pre-Renaissance and pre-plague. But I'm all in favor of cutting back consumer spending and giving to the poor. A country which has enough wealth to buy an endless stream of electronic toys and wage wars all over the world has way more wealth than is good for it. Better to give it up before God sends someone to rub our faces in the dirt. Sent at: 2008 10 07