Jesus Christ! Are you some kind of communist?!

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

(1 Timothy 6:10,11)



...If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me. (Matthew 19:21)



For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

(Matthew 16:26)



Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

(Proverbs 23:4,5)



He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

(Proverbs 28:8)



The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

(Psalm 37:21)



A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

(Proverbs 28:20)



Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24)

Thats like asking a Tea bagger to spell correctly.

Actually, all Christians pick and choose, but the liberal ones tend to view the calls for charity as central and the oppressive stuff as unfortunate vestiges of an earlier age.

There's a little something there for Commies...

A little something there for liberals...

A little something there for conservatives...

Of course, you just have to ignore or downplay the other parts of the Bible that conflict or disagree, but isn't selective interpretation half the fun of believing anyway? ;)

The thing I find mystifying is how anyone can walk away from the Bible thinking "Yup, it's all about free-market capitalism." I can see the disagreements on social issues, for example, but I think it would be a challenge to say the least to find anything supporting the R. economic model.

But isn't there something about Jesus or someone teaching the Israelites how to fish?

The moral being: you can keep giving a poor person fishes and make them dependent on your charity, or you can teach him how to fish and become self-supporting, pulling himself up by the bootstraps?

(Or maybe that was just something I read over at Conservapedia, or the Conservative Bible Project. :) )

that there was one true passage in the bible:
"And this too, shall pass."

;)

(It's a clever statement, though.)

loop holes.

:thumbsup:

Evolving organizations go with dynamic plans. Displeasing the rich: bad sales plan.

...exclusively, that is.

It's both.

...into an industrial elite? Kind of hard to be a capitalist even in part over 1600 years before the industrial revolution, don't you think.

It does talk about wages, about labor relations, about how much land was to cost, exchange rates, etc., and there is no prohibition against people either working or being in business.

Not in the OT nor in the NT.

But here's the thing. Jubilee economics was a 50 year cycle, and pricing was to take into effect how many years until the next Jubilee year.... then every 50th year, the economy reset itself. This was to prevent money from becoming an idol and greed from being the way of the people.

Jesus' first sermon was to 'declare the year of the Lord's favor', the Jubilee year.

Many would disagree that such are "wicked"--unless, of course, they're doing the loaning.

I hated creditors and their lawyers. I was happy to take those cases. When clients were embarrassed or apologetic about the need to file, I explained to them how creditors operate and told them they have nothing to be ashamed of. The OT actually forgives all debts every 7 years by operation of law. No need to file or list assets and exemptions or give up secured property.

44 All who believed were together and had all things in common;
45 they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one's need.

Gospel according to Marx.

English translation John Eagleson | Orbis | 1974