Saturday, February 04, 2017
Capitalism, Really ?
I'm amazed how many of my Christian facebook "friends" post stuff about how righteous capitalism is. Usually that alleged righteousness is by comparison with some very evil economic theory . . . usually socialism.
It's true Jesus had plenty to say about righteous economic relations. But it seems questionable that any human economic theories really embody what He taught.
Capitalism certainly doesn't. Capitalism is a materialistic philosophy.
Should Christians champion materialism ?
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"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
I'm not sure what's so hard to understand about that, and yet Capitalism is clearly that second master that so many Christians want to serve.
Christians easily fall into the trap of secular political dogma and divide things between "left" and "right" or variations (communism/socialism and capitalism) and yet - so many of the economic and political issues pervading society can be more correctly portrayed as being a contrast between God's agenda and the pursuit of wealth, money, riches - mammon.
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