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stinkcat_14 said:
Monte you forgot to tell me where the Church teaches that when we spend our money our only consideration is our own selfish desires.
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Got it!

So if I pay my electric bill, then I am being selfish.

[You are neither St Augustine nor St. Thomas Aquinas.]
 
MonteRCMS said:
Got it!

So if I pay my electric bill, then I am being selfish.
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Did I say that? Once again, where does the Church teach that when spending our money we need only be concerned about our own selfish desires?
 
MonteRCMS said:
Start over … try again.
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What don’t you understand about my question? It is pretty straightforward. Are all of our spending choices, morally neutral? Do I have a moral obligation to consider anyone except myself when I spend my money?
 
stinkcat_14 said:
What don’t you understand about my question? It is pretty straightforward. Are all of our spending choices, morally neutral? Do I have a moral obligation to consider anyone except myself when I spend my money?
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Take a deep breath.

If I am unable to understand your question, then maybe “the asker” needs to review it.
 
stinkcat_14 said:
No, he was responding to something I never said.
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It was your question that didn’t reflect anything someone here has said.
Your question was a strawman, which is why it wasn’t understood nor answered
 
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Right, and you twisted that very normal puchase decision to somehow represent being completely selfish, your strawman in full force.

Usually buying a car is just buying a car, it doesn’t preclude also donating time and money to charities.
 
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Inisfallen said:
I live in New York City, where one drives as little as humanly possible.
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Here in the northern Texas Panhandle, a car is a must. We’re nothing but plains, so we’re spread out all over the place. In the Amarillo area, public transit is an absolute joke, where it even exists.
 
Raxus said:
Here in the northern Texas Panhandle, a car is a must. We’re nothing but plains, so we’re spread out all over the place. In the Amarillo area, public transit is an absolute joke, where it even exists.
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I know, transportation needs are handled very differently in different places. I’d be just as happy not to have a car, really. My father, also born and raised in NYC, never had a drivers’ license in his life, and that wasn’t a problem.

My wife, who grew up in Newfoundland, Canada, where life would be impossible without a car (and without a pickup truck and a boat, for that matter), can’t imagine life without a car, so we have one.
 
Theo520 said:
Right, and you twisted that very normal puchase decision to somehow represent being completely selfish, your strawman in full force.

Usually buying a car is just buying a car, it doesn’t preclude also donating time and money to charities.
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Actually, I did not. Actually, buying a car does preclude giving those funds away. If I have $50k, I could buy a Lexus. I could also drill wells for water in Africa. If I buy a cheaper car, I can drill more well. If I walk. I can drill even more wells. All choices along that budget line are not equally virtuous.
 
stinkcat_14 said:
Actually, I did not. Actually, buying a car does preclude giving those funds away. If I have $50k, I could buy a Lexus. I could also drill wells for water in Africa. If I buy a cheaper car, I can drill more well. If I walk. I can drill even more wells. All choices along that budget line are not equally virtuous.
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Had a job interview … guy … the employer … shows up in a Rolls-Royce.

[met at a restaurant]

[why??]

Got the job.

Decided to not show up.

They called me.

I had no answer. Nothing printable.

Years later, ran into someone who had worked there. Wow, did he have some negative stories.
 
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