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If the cap fits you, wear it...

Did Tin Foil Hats 'R' Us have a sale or something?

Still fighting worn-out 16th century battles, are we?

More unpleasantries. How very Christian! By their fruits shall you know them...

:rolleyes: What thoroughly unpleasant, bigoted claptrap!

But if the 'other' is a greedy so-and-so who arrogates to himself way way more than he needs at the expense of others, it most certainly is not coveting to demand that that grave injustice be redressed. God doesn't think so either - read Amos if you don't believe me.

In other words, he's a politician. What do you expect?

Well, REM have split, so it could indeed be "The End of the World as we know it"!

You don't really want to enter into a proof-texting battle, do you?

Bit cold for camping, isn't it?

Can I just say, "the most painful cut of all"? (I'll get my coat.)

You're conflating disagreement with inability to understand. I fully understand the principle of limited government, I'm just not sure how a Christian can support it in the light of the OT.

Then why bother calling on the government to do something about abortion? Why be bothered about Teh Gayz? There's something horribly inconsistent going on here....

OK, now please answer as a Christian rather than as an American.

If by that comment you mean to include me, then you are incorrect;I have nothing against rich people per se. I DO have something against enrichment at the expense of others through exploitation of those weaker than themselves. I seem to recall large tranches of the OT explaining that God doesn't...

Thanks, Ruiz. Your comments are helpful compared to some...

Indeed...:thumbsup:

This could be the end of my business....

From Europe this time (repaying North Americans the favour from three years ago), the continent that's given us two world wars, it looks like the Eurozone debacle, combined with the inability/ incompetence/ unwilllingness of the continent's political leaders to do anything about it, is now...

The problem is not capitalism per se. What we now have is not capitalism but a perversion of it. In reality we have an oligopoly; it's gone beyond even an unholy alliance between the oligarchs and government - the plutocrats now control the western governments. Even so, come Lord Jesus....