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To: C. Edmund Wright

 

7/6/2015, 6:04:38 PM · 234 of 240
C. Edmund Wright to HLPhat

They [the ten commandments] are economically applicable,

7/6/2015, 3:13:14 PM · 146 of 168
C. Edmund Wright to HLPhat
 
The Ten Commandments do not speak to an economy.
 
Who's telling the Truth -  you or Jesus?

Matt 5:17-20

17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 2

NIV

39 posted on 07/09/2015 6:29:10 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: HLPhat

I’ll type very slowly so you can follow:

The Ten Commandments do address how we as individuals should steward our property. Thus, they are “applicable” to the economy in a micro sense. In fact, off top of my head, I think every single time the Bible mentions wealth or property or gold - it is talking about how we should as individuals steward it.

This does not, however, constitute a system in the Macro sense. In fact, the only way to steward the money and property in a way that’s Biblical is to have a free system, a market system. That’s also the only way our Constitution and Bill of Rights can operate as well.

I’m not sure why you have this huge blind spot, the difference between individual Commandments and a total system, but you surely do.

And again, you’ve not answered a single question, because you CANNOT DO SO.


40 posted on 07/09/2015 6:40:00 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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