The OccupyLSX crowd are still camped outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, still displaying their "What would Jesus do?" banner and still occasionally brandishing crucifixes. It seemed a good idea to take a look and see whether St Paul might have had anything to say to the protesters...
"We gave you a rule when we were with you: not to let anyone have any food if he refused to do any work. Now we hear that there are some of you living in idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering with everyone else's." (2 Thessalonians, Ch. 3 v. 10-11)
"We do urge you, brothers, to go on making even greater progress and to make a point of living quietly, attending to your own business and earning your living, just as we told you to, so that you are seen to be respectable by those outside the Church, though you do not have to depend on them." (1 Thessalonians, Ch. 4 v. 10-12)
"Beware of dogs! Watch out for the people who are making mischief. Watch out for the cutters." (Philippians Ch. 3 v. 3)
Phew -- that's a relief. It was starting to sound as if maybe St Paul wasn't exactly on the side of the protesters, but that last sentence is amazing -- St Paul was obviously trying to warn people about Cameron and Osborne! Well, not exactly. The "cutters" referred to pagan self-harm practices. Either way, though, it looks like good advice.
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