[TheRealThing]

In all seriousness, couldn't we find as many or more verses of scripture saying we should renounce wealth and give to the poor?

At what point have I said people shouldn't work? Not once.

People are sometimes victim circumstances beyond their control: health, closed industry, family constraints.

Nope, that's more secular humanism at the worst and legalism at best. And your argument here belies the rest of what you have said in this thread.

But sell what you have, give it to the poor, and then come back on here and hold up your standard.