Comments on: Best Line About Goldman Sachs

By: ProfElwood

ProfElwood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:46:18 +0000

Then again, there are several instances in the bible that encourage or demand honesty and fairness in business.

By: CStanley

CStanley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:06:15 +0000

Not at all novel, actually. As far as convincing myself….I'm firmly convinced that Jesus didn't come to bring a political message, yes. Neither conservatives nor liberals should claim that their political ideology is based on “WWJD”.

By: michaelD

michaelD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:29:59 +0000

seems to me that mister blankfein was right on the money, if everyone will pardon the pun. after all, we're talking about one huge nefarious farce played out on mankind with the express goal of controlling the masses and aggregating wealth. the other is goldman sachs.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:22:15 +0000

I have to say, that's a novel deflection from the point. Have you convinced yourself?

By: CStanley

CStanley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:17:49 +0000

It's really more of a holistic understanding of the gospel story, JSpencer (cherry picking individual quotes is never very helpful anyway.) Neither the political powers nor the 'greedy capitalists' were exactly protagonists in the gospels, and Jesus surrendered himself to the political authorities rather than challenging them or advocating that his followers should seek out that kind of power.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:05:31 +0000

Sure, do you have a quote from Jesus on that? Have at it…

By: ProfElwood

ProfElwood — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:18 +0000

How about the teachings of Jesus and unfettered political control?

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:18:10 +0000

I believe this is the part where some devout ideologue attempts to explain why the philosophy of Jesus and unfettered capitalism aren't mutually exclusive. Forget all that camel and eye of needle nonsense.