From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/10/2026 7:18 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:05:29 -0500, Noah Sombrero    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:18:25 -0800, dart200   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Using the biblical definition:  lending money for interest (any   
   >> interest)?  No doubt.   
   >>   
   >>> so like, we are then addicted to usury...   
   >>   
   >>> this is just the state of the species?   
   >>   
   >> One wonders how a hunter gatherer species evolved such tendencies?  It   
   >> is too soon to decide that h/g behaviors have evolved out of us.   
   >   
   > The bible specifically says a number of times that those who reap but   
   > do not sow are a particularly pernicious evil.   
    >   
   Condemned in Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.   
      
   Why?   
      
   Exploiting the poor.   
      
   However, the Reformation distinguished between usury and low-interest   
   lending, which is acceptable.   
    >   
   > You have to give the devil his due, sometimes the bible is right.   
    >   
   There's no free lunch. If you didn't pay for it, you're the commodity.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)