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Conrad, is it easier to attack my religion rather than to discuss the issue of using debt to control the masses?
Christianity is not about the paraphanalia surrounding organised religion and the wealth they control, it is about the simple and private beliefs of individuals. My church is a sunny glade rather than the cold and sterile confines of a church or cathederal.
"There is nothing wrong with believing in a God. There is everything wrong in believing in a religion." - anon
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself (or herself) in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." - Albert Einstein.
"I think it's about time we gave up religion and got back to God." - Lenny Bruce.0 -
Debt is theft you say. Share ownership you argue is ethical.
A shareholder like you lends a company and by implication it's employees a capital sum and in return you demand your money. How is this diversion of staff remuneration to fill your pockets with thier sweat any more a morral behaviour?0 -
debtistheft wrote: »Exactly. Just think what will happen if rates approach nything like those levels with so many people ordinary people carrying a lifetime of debt around their necks.
my point is it is precisely this impact that unlikely to see the rates rise to these levels. however we seem to be talking round in circles...Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
debtistheft wrote: »Conrad, is it easier to attack my religion rather than to discuss the issue of using debt to control the masses?
Christianity is not about the paraphanalia surrounding organised religion and the wealth they control, it is about the simple and private beliefs of individuals. My church is a sunny glade rather than the cold and sterile confines of a church or cathederal.
"There is nothing wrong with believing in a God. There is everything wrong in believing in a religion." - anon
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself (or herself) in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." - Albert Einstein.
"I think it's about time we gave up religion and got back to God." - Lenny Bruce.
tbf it's you that is quoting religion not god. without getting into whether god or gods actually exist or not there is no evidence for the nature of that/those god/s. for all we know god might like debt.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
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debtistheft wrote: »If God likes debt, then why is there so much misery and pain attached to it?
Does God like industry (the product of the share investing you propose) that has covered the Earth in smog, roads and chemicals and pushed the wild creatures to the limits where a wild fox (here long before us) is supposedly a vermin as it doesn't suit Human needs and desires?0 -
Debt is theft you say. Share ownership you argue is ethical.
A shareholder like you lends a company and by implication it's employees a capital sum and in return you demand your money. How is this diversion of staff remuneration to fill your pockets with thier sweat any more a morral behaviour?
Share dividends are paid from the profits of an organisation, after staff and other liabilities are paid. Investing ethically promotes ethical practices in companies. Investing in companies promotes job creation that benefits everyone. Investing in a brick cube benefits the few.0 -
debtistheft wrote: »If God likes debt, then why is there so much misery and pain attached to it?
maybe god just isn't a very nice [STRIKE]person[/STRIKE] deity?Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
debtistheft wrote: »If God likes debt, then why is there so much misery and pain attached to it?
God loves industry then? Here's some industry - Angolan kids mining metals for you mobile phone;0 -
debtistheft wrote: »
Investing in a brick cube benefits the few.
You keep avoiding the central question.
Why did the British working classes, fed up with centuries of servitude, set up co - operatives (Building Societies) to enable members to buy thier own brick boxes?
Were they immoral?0
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