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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Feb 1, 8:05 am, Etienne Marais  wrote:   
   > > > >The Jews were given the role as bankers and they have been unlawfully   
   > > > >milking it.  The meek shall inherit the Earth.  The enlightened will   
   > > > >move on to a better place   The Jewery is fucked.   
   >   
   > > > Not quite "given".  What happened was during the middle ages, the   
   > > > guild system successfully monopolized commerce.  Jews were not   
   > > > considered for memberships in the various guilds, and were therefore   
   > > > prevented from engaging in useful and profitable businesses.  However,   
   > > > there was one exception.  Since Jesus ejected the money changers from   
   > > > the temple, the handling of money and charging of interest was   
   > > > considered to be unsuitable for the devout Christian.  Since land was   
   > > > the real source of power in middle ages, and money was just a minor   
   > > > convenience item, allowing the Jews to get their hands dirty with   
   > > > money was not considered a problem.  By the time those in power   
   > > > figured out that they had made a fundamental mistake, and money   
   > > > replaced land as the source of power, it was too late.   
   >   
   > Was usury not forbidden by the Torah ? Also, early popes said that Jewish   
   usury lead to unprecedented poverty. I think there is more to the whole money   
   business than simply being denied other trades. What exactly happened during   
   the Jewish expulsion    
   from England ?   
   >   
   > Christian New Moneychangers condemned by Jesus:   
   >   
   > "Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling   
   there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those   
   selling doves"   
   >   
   > Ezekiel speaks plainly against them:   
   >   
   > ""Oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the   
   pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, lends at   
   interest, and takes increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has   
   done all these abominable things; he    
   shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself "(Ezekiel 18:12-13). "   
   >   
   > The Law of Moses says much:   
   >   
   > "If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not   
   be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury "(Exodus 22:25).   
   >   
   > "Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for   
   increase" (Lev. 25:37).   
   >   
   > "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of   
   victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury "(Deut. 23:19).   
   >   
   > "He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the   
   innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved" (PS. 15:5).   
      
   Interesting facts that they lend money to people who can't pay.   
   Doesn't it sound like the "housing bubble"? It started in America and   
   it had a domino effect the world over.   
      
   I think we should read the fine print before committing to a debt. But   
   it happens to individuals and nations alike. We are all in debt to the   
   masters.   
      
   This leads us to the conclusion that PREDATORY LENDING is an evil we   
   should avoid. That's how the predators get their prey.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)