Saturday, August 6, 2011

Usury: The Root Of All Evil

Gareth


Contemporary proverbs exist because of humankind’s understanding of past human-life experiences. In China, wisdom is passed on through sayings such as ‘a single grain of rice can tip the scales’ and ‘to innovate, one must first imitate’. The vast majority of religions and constitutions contain warnings of usury and the dangers of allowing ‘money changers’ to thrive within society. Even gentle Jesus is alleged to have become very animated at the ‘money changers’ outside a temple.....

3 comments:

  1. Like the article above, yes, we agree.

    Now, what to do about it?

    (As we expose the problems to those who do not know, let's not forget the part of "what to do about it".}

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  2. Continuing my post above, I will take a lead and state "I will not borrow any money at interest". I will vote for politicians who will also not borrow any money at interest for the USA. Then both myself and the USA will be debt free. Who will follow along? How about you?
    (I am sure the USA will back out of their pledge, or more likely never make it to begin with). I am being sarcastic, of course here.

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  3. Okay...but this has always been known. Can it be stopped? No, I don't think so.

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