tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post8763155016086303993..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: In Defense of CapitalismCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-76663878210633655602010-07-15T20:44:55.070-04:002010-07-15T20:44:55.070-04:00I would like to inform Mr. Canyon Walker (assuming...I would like to inform Mr. Canyon Walker (assuming he ever reads this post again) that there was no such thing as capitilism prior to 1700's in the world. Capitilism is a Western phenomenon in and of itself. There was no such thing as wealth creation in the time of the 1st century so to argue an equivalence between economic equality of the 1st century and income inequality of capitalism is not the same thing. A good book to read on this concerning the economic world of the 1st century is Bruce J. Malina's The New Testament World. In it he explains what is called the limited good concept. How the New Testament church deals with wealth is quite unique for its time; but it is not addressing a capitilistic world.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756637225691788304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-74647047984244083632010-06-30T14:08:16.660-04:002010-06-30T14:08:16.660-04:00Read Acts 2:44-45. "All who believed were to...Read Acts 2:44-45. <i>"All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need."</i><br />Does that sound like capitalism? I agree with Karl Barth: Capitalism is an inherently atheistic philosophy.<br /><br> And how can any reasonable person argue that Jesus accepted the inequality between the Romans and the wealthy priestly caste in Jerusalem, on one hand, and ordinary people, on the other? Jesus was crucified because he challenged the wealthy and powerful who were oppressing the poor? Read the Beatitudes and re-think your position! Jesus vision of the Kingdom of Heaven was centered, above all, on the idea of justice. He said, one cannot love both God and mammon. Capitalism is inherently a love of mammon. Furthermore, the one reason Christianity survived its early stages was its insistence that God loved everyone equally - rich or poor, able-bodied or handicapped, slave or free.Canyon Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593506000319823373noreply@blogger.com