They ultimately die and somebody else gets it, usually several somebody elses.The vast majority might not be predatory, but it only takes a few greedy apples to ruin the entire basket. When they accumulate power and wealth, then what?
So first you said read Scripture, now you say to read Dorothy Day. hard keeping upOne is dead and in the process of being made a Saint. The other is a personal friend of Pope Francis, who is the final authority on Catholic beliefs. Remember we hold that the Pope “IS Peter” , the rock on which the church stands. He at least has the final say.
Sorry but I read and study a lot I assume others do. Anyway late here so I’ll sign off. Good night and God bless.So first you said read Scripture, now you say to read Dorothy Day. hard keeping up
It would be best if you would express your opinions rather than cut n paste scripture and tell people to figure it out for themselvesSorry but I read and study a lot I assume others do. Anyway late here so I’ll sign off. Good night and God bless.
One of the problems is that excessive regulation can keep rich people rich. If I were a young person without much money, I would probably consider becoming an driver for a company like Uber. Think about it, giving people rides ought to be a low barrier to entry business. If you have a reasonably safe car, a decent driving record and not an axe murderer you are probably pretty safe to give people rides. Of course, that bare minimum regulation is not enough for the taxi industry. They make it nearly impossible for the average person with modest resources to enter the business.They ultimately die and somebody else gets it, usually several somebody elses.
Societies tend to restrain the greedy apples when they can. In some societies there are few constraints on them. In some there are many. But increasing restraint does not necessarily increase the societal benefit. As I said before, the Soviet Union was an incredibly restrained structure, but it was unspeakably corrupt as well.
That too, particularly since the rich and powerful often write the regulations that govern them.One of the problems is that excessive regulation can keep rich people rich. .
The Church has categorically condemned socialism It took two days of questions to get you to admit you were promoting socialism.You don’t share ideas by pasting Scripture passages and telling people they need to figure them out for themselvesYou cannot have it both ways accusing me of personal interpretations that carry no weight and when I point out I am in good company you then attack me for being in a collective group of socialist thinking Catholics. We share ideas in the same way we share bread and wine, at least in my Church we do. Now goodnight and Go with God.
So it was a rhetorical device and not a sincerely held belief that Jesus is a free-market Republican.I was responding to a poster who says we don’t have to go to theologian or church father that all we have to do is read scripture and tease out what Jesus is saying and the truth will be made known to us. Of course after two days of asking he has not told us one word about what his opinion on what the best economic system is instead instructing us to read scripture and figure it out for ourselves. Of course as with all discussions with those who adhere to Sola Scripture been they recognize no central authority my interpretation the Jesus of promoting capitalism is just as valid as his interpretation that he was promoting socialism
And only the rich and powerful can afford the lawyers fees to guide them through that maze of regulations and red tape that are actually designed to keep the rest of society in place.That too, particularly since the rich and powerful often write the regulations that govern them.
We’ll of course he is He told me so himself just last nightSo it was a rhetorical device and not a sincerely held belief that Jesus is a free-market Republican.
This is not quite what Pope St. John Paul II had to say in his encyclical Laborem Exercens (1981), which says in part:I would say that Jesus was more of a rambling vagabond, who gave not a second thought to making a living, or paying taxes, or even having two pennies to rub together.
He had zero interest in politics as well, although many of his followers were Zealots when it came to the possibilities that his charisma had to offer them for their cause.
He did not “lose it,” and nowhere in the Gospel account did he “scream a ton of insults at the people in the courtyard.” He told them that the Temple was not the place for their commerce.I accept it was a miracle but not a magic trick. Jesus did not use magic tricks. As for Jesus teachings
“In the temple courts [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and other sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.” - John 2:14-15. This story which shows Jesus’ rage against what is essentially corporate Greed, merging money with state & theological power, is also repeated in Matthew 21:12 (summed here essentially): Jesus walks into the temple courtyard and sees how merchants there change money, they have built their business up around what is supposed to be God’s temple. Jesus is horrified by the idea that God’s home could be profaned with money and the desire to be wealthy, he loses it, making a whip and begins turning over the tables the merchants are trading upon, he drives out the cattle being sold and screams a ton of insults at the people in the courtyard. Jesus was filled with righteous indignation at the idea of Church being involved with business, he was horrified that it could be used as a network for making money. Now what does that sound like ? A Capitalist ?
If as you say the Church categorically condemned socialism why is it that the Church is considering making Dorothy Day, a Catholic socialist with Anarchist leanings, founder of The Catholic Worker Movement in the USA, a saint ? Your anti-socialism is clearly not shared any longer by some American Bishops or by the Vatican and certainly not by the Latin American Church.The Church has categorically condemned socialism It took two days of questions to get you to admit you were promoting socialism.You don’t share ideas by pasting Scripture passages and telling people they need to figure them out for themselves
Hm. One could raid the scriptures, quote them and find them supportive of almost any political philosophy, when in reality there is nothing so base and low as a political manifesto in the Bible. I don’t think we should give examples, but even the worst ideologies could be supported in this selective way.And if those “pasted ideas” suggest socialism who am I to argue with Jesus ? You asked for evidence of socialist ideas in Jesus Ministry.