Ludwig von mises

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[Jesus] rejects everything that exists without offering anything to replace it. He arrives at dissolving all existing social ties…. The motive force behind the purity and power of this complete negation is ecstatic inspiration and enthusiastic hope of a new world. Hence his passionate attack upon everything that exists. Everything may be destroyed because God in His omnipotence will rebuild the future order…. The clearest modern parallel to the attitude of complete negation of primitive Christianity is Bolshevism. (Socialism, p. 413)
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Jesus’s words are full of resentment against the rich, and the Apostles are no meeker in this respect. The Rich Man is condemned because he is rich, the Beggar praised because he is poor…. In God’s Kingdom the poor shall be rich, but the rich shall be made to suffer. Later revisers have tried to soften the words of Christ against the rich … but there is quite enough left to support those who incite the world to hatred of the rich, revenge, murder and arson…. This is a case in which the Redeemer’s words bore evil seed. More harm has been done, and more blood shed, on account of them than by the persecution of heretics and the burning of witches. They have always rendered the Church defenceless against all movements which aim at destroying human society. The church as an organization has certainly always stood on the side of those who tried to ward off communistic attack. But it … was continually disarmed by the words: “Blessed be ye poor; for yours is the Kingdom of God.” (Socialism, p. 420)
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Social cooperation has nothing to do with personal love or with a general commandment to love one another… [People] cooperate because this best serves their own interests. Neither love nor charity nor any other sympathetic sentiment but rightly understood selfishness is what originally impelled man to adjust himself to the requirements of society…and to substitute peaceful collaboration to enmity and conflict. (Human Action, p. 168-9) - See more at: frontporchrepublic.com/2009/10/the-one-salvation-of-ludwig-von-mises/#sthash.nMjeSl8u.dpuf
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what a great guy ,lets all jump on the bandwagon :rolleyes:
 
Mises’ contributions to economic theory are overwhelmingly positive.

Here is a more thorough analysis of his thoughts pertaining to religion:

mises.org/daily/1736
 
Like you, I’m rolling my eyes. But he was a brilliant man, if a bit over zealous about “enlightened” self interest.
 
Ludwig von Mises was a brilliant thinker who deserves to be read and his warnings heeded. The very fact that he was wrong about Christianity does not invalidate everything he has ever said.
 
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