Noah was 600 years old when he built the Ark, so why do Americans need retirement? [View all]
Greg Gianforte, aspiring Republican governor of Montana, urges college students to reject policy that favors savings plans and retirement options because, like Noah, Christians have an obligation to work until they are hundreds of years old, the Huffington Post reports.
Speaking at the Montana Bible College in February, Gianforte told students, Theres nothing in the Bible that talks about retirement. And yet its been an accepted concept in our culture today. Nowhere does it say, Well, he was a good and faithful servant, so he went to the beach. It doesnt say that anywhere.
The example I think of is Noah, Gianforte continued. How old was Noah when he built the Ark? 600. He wasnt like, cashing Social Security checks. He wasnt hanging out; he was working. So, I think we have an obligation to work. The role we have in work may change over time, but the concept of retirement is not biblical.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/montana-republican-noah-was-600-years-old-when-he-build-the-ark-so-why-do-americans-need-retirement/
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Yes, it is your Gawdly duty to work yourself to death.