Pastor said something morally questionable

[Reepicheep]

I agree with the image, and I don’t see anything remotely objectionable or “morally questionable” about it. The older (and more financially secure) I get, the fewer people I know who watch TV on a daily basis. So, too, do I agree that simple minds talk about things and people greater minds talk about ideas. And I would really be hard-pressed to think of any “successful” people who I could imagine watching TV every night – it’s commonly understood that READING A BOOK is a more valuable use of your time.

This image is a horrible stereotype, and false as well. Millionaires have TVs and poor people have books. Further it is possible to* both *watch TV *and *read books.
Pretty much the same statement applies to each of the claims made on the image. Rich people complain and criticize as well as compliment people; poor people give compliments as well as criticisms. Rich people sometimes blame others and poor people sometimes take blame for their own mistakes.

Try this:
For ‘millionaire’ substitute ‘white person’ For ‘broke’ substitute ‘black person’.
For ‘millionaire’ substitute ‘man’. For ‘broke’ substitute ‘woman’.
For ‘millionaire’ substitute Christian’. For ‘broke’ substitute ‘Jew’.
See the pattern? It’s just one more form of prejudice. One more -ism.

 

[Reepicheep]

Luke 18:25 - “For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”.

Is that supposed to be taken literally?

I have heard arguments on both sides of that. Some say Christ was talking about an actual gate in the wall of Jerusalem called '‘the Needle Gate’ because it was so narrow.
Others say there was never such a gate and Christ was speaking much more emphatically than that.
I think there could have been an actual gate but that Christ could well have been holding up an actual needle when He said this. Note the reactions of his listeners. 'Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?" ’ Not the reactions of people thinking of an actual gate in the city walls.