John Edwards thinks Jesus would be “appalled” at the selfishness of Americans these days and their lack of concern for the poor and less fortunate. Speaking to the Christian Web site Beliefnet.com, Edwards said:

“I think that Jesus would be
disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are
suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs,” Edwards
told

the site. “I think he would be appalled, actually.”

Edwards thinks these deep thoughts as he lounges in his 2,800-square-foot beach house (latest tax value $2,649,317) on exclusive and gated Figure Eight Island near Wilmington. And he also gives these issues great thought as he lounges in, well, John’s Lounge, in his 28,000-square-foot home in Orange County near Chapel Hill.

Here’s the beach house, which, by the way, the “suffering” poor cannot get near, thanks to the guard and the gate that keep the hoi polloi off the entire island.

And here’s the Chapel Hill spread, featured recently in a CJ exclusive. (CJ photos by Don Carrington)