tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post1440358923844824955..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: Would Jesus Oppose Capitalism?TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-62359610252084725492010-01-12T08:43:11.355-08:002010-01-12T08:43:11.355-08:00Well said, Tom.
Josie, your comment about the end...Well said, Tom.<br /><br />Josie, your comment about the end results is excellent. No I'm not wealthy. The next step down from where I live in under a bridge, and the only reason I have enough to get by now is winning my SSDI appeal. Thank you. Helping others is my expression of faith in myself, in life and in God.<br /><br />Mike, were Jesus to walk the earth as a man again, he would notTomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-52171425175078460482010-01-11T13:30:44.425-08:002010-01-11T13:30:44.425-08:00You made a really clear and (one I happen to agree...You made a really clear and (one I happen to agree with) statement of what American capitalism should be. Some more agreement...with MadMike...here. Its hard to reckon today's evangelicals with Jesus' teachings or demonstrations. Then again, the Holy See hasn't come close to them either, in my opinion. A good post, TC. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-75242750337692930972010-01-11T04:18:55.030-08:002010-01-11T04:18:55.030-08:00All men of peace, who rise to national and interna...All men of peace, who rise to national and international prominence, like Jesus, all live short lives or have their lives ended violently. The two great passive protesters of the 20th century, Gandhi and Martin L. King come immediately to mind.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-83424303391838970572010-01-10T21:45:40.533-08:002010-01-10T21:45:40.533-08:00I am not entertaining the conversation. All we nee...I am not entertaining the conversation. All we need to do is ask if Jesus approved of sex as well, and then we would complete the circuit: Sex, religion, MONEY, and politics.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't care what I, or anyone else, thinks about what Jesus thinks, thought, will think, whatever. Last time I checked, He is... something. Omnipotent? Whatever. I think that attempting to speculate otishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606194824054050965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-53468047680340301782010-01-10T13:54:51.092-08:002010-01-10T13:54:51.092-08:00I'm gonna let Jesus decide this one for himsel...I'm gonna let Jesus decide this one for himself. He and God are all-knowing after all....Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-77471688901938901092010-01-10T11:19:25.980-08:002010-01-10T11:19:25.980-08:00Have you looked at churches lately? They hardly r...Have you looked at churches lately? They hardly represent the teachings of Jesus, a great man who lived and then died, like all mortal men. Some of these joints have orchestras, huge video systems, large screen T.V.'s and huge SALARIES for the preachers and their staff. They gobble up land and are always seeking to enlarge the "House of God." Jesus' followers are the Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-66683115203611512492010-01-10T11:14:57.262-08:002010-01-10T11:14:57.262-08:00I don't think Jesus would approve of capitalis...I don't think Jesus would approve of capitalism as it is practiced today. Capitalism is just a means to an end, the end being making a profit. No one goes into business to lose money, or to break even. They want to make money. I think what Jesus would not approve of today is how that money is ultimately being disbursed. He would look at the obscene wealth on one hand, and the abject Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-11895899613604107012010-01-10T09:40:16.504-08:002010-01-10T09:40:16.504-08:00It's more about how little the poor have, not ...It's more about how little the poor have, not how much the rich have. <br /><br />Even true capitalism creates a percentage of human waste.<br /><br />There are always winners and losers within any system.<br /><br />I always thought the message was how we treat those that get left behind.<br /><br />No, Jesus would not approve of capitalism. <br /><br />He would approve even less, for the TOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538055688006675704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-18738161003990657442010-01-10T09:28:30.856-08:002010-01-10T09:28:30.856-08:00Mark, we disagree again. Our political and econom...Mark, we disagree again. Our political and economic systems are the framework for how we meet our people's personal and economic needs. Jesus attended to such needs himself, so they were a concern to him.<br /><br />RJ, that is most amusing.<br /><br />Pauline, that's the million dollar question. Thanks.<br /><br /><br />Maui, in practice Jesus was closer to pure communist than TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-31365992239652508162010-01-10T07:53:13.959-08:002010-01-10T07:53:13.959-08:00TomCat,
Good article and GREAT elaboration on it b...TomCat,<br />Good article and GREAT elaboration on it by yourself.In particular what you wrote about the "two labels".<br />Thank you.Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-11652930195158817242010-01-10T07:25:49.751-08:002010-01-10T07:25:49.751-08:00There is no way I see that Jesus would have approv...There is no way I see that Jesus would have approved of our current corporatist and plutocratic system. Jesus preached communal, universal values, not self-centered individualism or exploitation. And He certainly would never approve of Wall Street cheating of the rampant use of lies and deceptive ads to sell products, which is so rampant today. <br /><br />I loved the cartoon at top and the very Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-44974476303299539712010-01-10T06:35:05.079-08:002010-01-10T06:35:05.079-08:00I totally agree Jesus would have disapproved of th...I totally agree Jesus would have disapproved of the corporatist capitalist system we have now. And that he would agree that you can't give away ALL your possessions and still help the poor and needy. But he did say that it is harder for a camel to get through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to get into heaven. So I can't help but feel that he did have a certain socialist way Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-53923779065460413192010-01-10T05:34:47.411-08:002010-01-10T05:34:47.411-08:00Succinctly put and thought provoking. Now, how do ...Succinctly put and thought provoking. Now, how do you get the crony-corporate-elitist-plutocratic fascists Christians to read it and take it to heart?Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-25631590366252671642010-01-10T05:06:38.993-08:002010-01-10T05:06:38.993-08:00from shini's world: Capitalism is evil? - I de...from shini's world: <a href="http://shinigamikayo.blogspot.com/2009/09/capatalism-is-evil.html" rel="nofollow">Capitalism is evil?</a> - I decided in just a whim of fancy to look up the word Capitalism on Wiki. Omg !!!! Its orgins are Islamic !!! Do Americans know this? With all their Islamic hatred, profiling, you would assume they would resist the very idea of operating under such a rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-4168274398548273492010-01-10T04:25:54.568-08:002010-01-10T04:25:54.568-08:00I doubt Jesus would have given a shit for this sys...I doubt Jesus would have given a shit for this system or any other system of government established by humanity. He said obey the laws, speak for them who can not speak for themselves and come to God. <br /><br />He is not concerned with this mortal temporary world. His rabbinate was to the eternal. his teaching was to get us to see we live in both mortality and eternity but that the greater (the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.com