http://www.birkeyblog.com/2010/01/09/can-christians-be-capitalists/ the personal musings and art of Randal Birkey Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.birkeyblog.com/2010/01/09/can-christians-be-capitalists/comment-page-1/#comment-1857 rbirkey Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:12:44 +0000 http://www.birkeyblog.com/?p=1833#comment-1857 Chris... thanks! So as someone who works in micro-finance... how would you answer someone who wonders if we would believe and support capitalism if we were a "HAVE NOT" and had little chance of improvement? Is it suspicious to you that it is usually the "HAVE's" who support capitalist ideology? It that really the case? Chris… thanks! So as someone who works in micro-finance… how would you answer someone who wonders if we would believe and support capitalism if we were a “HAVE NOT” and had little chance of improvement? Is it suspicious to you that it is usually the “HAVE’s” who support capitalist ideology? It that really the case?

]]> http://www.birkeyblog.com/2010/01/09/can-christians-be-capitalists/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 Chris Horst Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:47:45 +0000 http://www.birkeyblog.com/?p=1833#comment-1856 I agree wholeheartedly. I recently read Richards' book and believe he clearly articulates this stance. We often assume that because Jesus calls us to love our neighbor that a socialist system might align closer with His teachings. In practice and even in theory, however, this does not prove to be true, in my opinion. I agree wholeheartedly. I recently read Richards’ book and believe he clearly articulates this stance. We often assume that because Jesus calls us to love our neighbor that a socialist system might align closer with His teachings. In practice and even in theory, however, this does not prove to be true, in my opinion.

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