when your book is so vague you can craft any meaning into it, arguments like this run out of steam quickly.
they are not bound by the book, but their fluid interpretation thereof. divinity my asshole
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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divinity my asshole
And other anecdotes from the diary of Teenage Jesus
This is a common misconception. The words are written by people. ...And then edited by people to 'sell' an ideal. Don't agree with something? Don't include it!
Not my bible! I don't even know king james! I only keep my mien ka--- ahem-- my king trump edition which is a very good, the best even, version of the bible. Everyone agrees!
I mean, the Dems could, but the problem is they're all multi-millionaires that are also profiting off the same corruption they claim they want to change.
Therefore, unlikely.
Going on record as a hypocrite, to bait someone else into being a hypocrite doesn't strike me as a great strategy.
Especially when the other person is immune to hypocrisy.
And they will just use their projection strategy, saying, “They only use the words of the Bible when it suits them!” And they won’t be wrong.
Amenbreak! Hallelujah, and pass the snakes.
Only one party cares about hypocrisy. And it ain't the fucking Republicans.
Well, they don't care about their own hypocrisy. They're happy to paint their opponents as hypocrites, even if they have to make something up to do it.
That's because Republicans know that Democrat voters care about hypocrisy. Republican voters don't care.
So Republicans take advantage of that and shove hypocrisy in Democrats' faces because it scores them political points whereas Democrats doing the same doesn't phase Republicans one lick.
Y’all are talking hypocrisy but shouldn’t this generally be a bill?? Student loans shouldn’t have interest. They’re an investment into the future of the country and economy. They’re still loans, and absurdly ruthless at that.
Especially because education in capitalism is just a subsidy for businesses. Educated workers don't need to learn basic skills at the expense of the employer meaning businesses will be more likely to set up shop in your country.
So whether it's from a progressive pov or a conservative economic one, student loans having interest is BS.
Federal loans? Maybe. Sure. Good discussion.
Private loans? They are free to have interest.
Should private student loans exist? Probably not, but the market need existed so they were offered.
Easy
Just lend the money to a Jew .... Medieval European finances were basically built on this premise.
Christians could charge usury with Jews and Jews could charge usury to Christians because neither group could charge their own people according to the Bible.
So you are Christian and you want to charge usury to your fellow Christian brother Bob? Give the money to your Jewish friend Larry and charge a fee. Larry then gives the money to Christian Bob and charges the same fee. Jewish Larry charges a slightly higher fee to make it worth their while.
Bob pays Larry, Larry pays you, none of you broke God's laws and sky guy is happy and gets your place in heaven ready for you.
And this is how God made middle men.
Also .... believers in fairy tale religions convincing themselves that they could out smart the all knowing, all capable God they believed in.
Must be based on the very last on this list, which says:
You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
Of course, the others on the list are more definite and contradictory, but this one exists! You can’t get mad at me God, it’s in your book!
The precedent would be chilling though, and illegal.