[steelhead_trout]

“crediting the wisdom of Capitalism to Calvinists and non-Christians alone simply reveals that you must not be very familiar with the Parable of Talents, as told by Jesus Christ.”

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Oh, I’ve heard that parable many times. But the biblical scholar William R. Herzog II has an interesting take on that parable. In his interpretation, the image of the absentee landlord, who reaps where he didn’t sow, is taken literally. On Herzog’s reading, the third servant is a “whistle-blower” who has “unmasked the ‘joy of the master’ for what it is, the profits of exploitation squandered in wasteful excess.” He is punished for speaking the truth, not for failing to make a profit. For Herzog, the point of the parable is the need to act in solidarity when confronting injustice.

[Agamemnon]

Oh, I’ve heard that parable many times.

Yet you unthinkingly hold this "scholar," Herzog and his narrow if not entirely twisted "this to the exclusion of that" interpretations of the Parables of Jesus to be something relevant.

Herzog is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Andover Newton Theological School - the same liberal institution which cranked out the likes of "liberation theologian" Harvey Cox, now deceased former vice president of the liberal National Council of Churches, Jane Cary Peck, and "Obama-ton" community organizer, Orlando E. Costas.

And why is it again that as a conservative and a Christian I should care what a mal-intentioned liberal hack like Herzog thinks about anything?

Instead of quoting some too-clever-by-half liberal dolt like this, why don't you see if you can actually come up with anything truly novel and formulaic yourself.

Any right-thinking Christian needn't dwell too long on the interpretations of anything found in the Gospels as espoused by liberals who in their worldview are enemies of the Gospels.

Might want to start by reading the parable straight forwardly for a change.

FReegards!