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The audaciousness of the Bush Administration's latest sell out to the hugely profitable credit card industry--the Bankruptcy Bill-- is rapidly becoming apparent to true Christians-- those who live by the Biblical teachings of Jesus.
The only recorded instance in the Bible when Jesus Christ actually waged violence against persons arose when he drove the Money Changers-- merchants who charged exorbitant interest on currency-- from the Temple in Jerusalem:
"And they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the Temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the Temple, and He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons; and He would not allow any one to carry anything through the Temple. And He taught, and said to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers." (Mark 11:15-17 RSV)
Yet Bush, DeLay and Frist-- self-proclaimed "Christian" conservatives, have brought the Money Changers back into the Temple, re-erected their tables and removed any meaningful restraints on their ability to collect obscene profits from the people. Christianity is not a business, nor is it a religion which has EVER promoted capitalist Darwinism of the sort now advocated by the National Republican party. See eg, St Timothy:
"There is great gain in godliness with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world; but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs." (1 Timothy 6:7-10.
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