[Salvation]

Greed and a parable from Jesus:

Luke 12:13-21

¹³Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” ¹⁴But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” ¹⁵And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” ¹⁶Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. ¹⁷And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ ¹⁸Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ ²⁰But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ ²¹So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

[Gamecock]

And Frank’s interpretation is give all your money to the government.

[SoConPubbie]

Greed and a parable from Jesus:

I can't seem to remember any quotes from our Lord and Savior where he stated anything concerning how governments should implement Marxism. Do you remember any?

[Jeff Chandler]

This parable has absolutely nothing to do with how the commodities market operates. In fact, the rich man in the parable is doing the opposite. He is storing his wealth, rather than reinvesting.

Out modern economic system has brought wealth and prosperity to untold millions to a degree unheard of in all of history. The statist, Marxist, top-down central control of markets espoused by Pope Francis has brought nothing but death an misery to the world.

Do not confuse Karl Marx for Jesus of Nazareth.