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To: HiTech RedNeck

So you don't believe in charging interest...which is what "usury" means in Biblical sense.


55 posted on 09/01/2005 5:25:07 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring

In fact, the ancient Hebrews didn't do so to one another, and somehow they got along.


71 posted on 09/01/2005 5:33:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Gondring

Actually, Israel was only forbidden to charge interest to other Israelites. There was no moral opporbrium attached to charging foreigners interest. There was also no immoral fed creating fiat paper money on a fractional reserve system, thus inflating prices to the point that less than 4% interest on a loan is actually losing money.

Biblical economics is not his strong suit.


84 posted on 09/01/2005 5:42:12 AM PDT by chronic_loser
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