WSJ: Is Wall Street Meeting God's Expectations?

[kpete]

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Is Wall Street Meeting God's Expectations?

What if God was an analyst?

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Earlier this week on MarketWatch, I looked at how scripture is used to reinforce, justify or vilify economic activity from taxation to bank fees.

In researching that column, one passage in the New Testament kept coming up. More than any other, it addressed the financial world. In fact, it is probably the most cited scripture on Wall Street when it comes to validating the investing and trading with the spiritual life.

Perhaps not incidentally, the passage comes from Matthew, whose profession is one of the few among the disciples that was identified. Matthew was a tax collector before he followed Jesus, according to the scriptures.

Not to make light of it, but who better to pass on financial guidance than someone whose legacy institutions include the Internal Revenue Service?

the rest of this bullshit:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303877604577380510462222678.html?&grcc=99999&mod=WSJ_hps_sections_markets

[kenfrequed]

1. Hmmph

This decontextualized crap is the source of the "Prosperity Doctrine" and other such nonsense.

[DearAbby]

3. Problem: Bible is used to justify

Satan (Satin to teabaggers) offered the world to Jesus, with all her riches. Just bow down and worship him. Jesus didn't contest Satan's ownership of the world. Didn't argue the fact He created the world and Satan himself. I must assume Satan is indeed owner of the world today.... By the way Jesus refused the offer, wasn't into this prosperity crap.


Matthew 4:1-10



Love God.
Love Thy Neighbor.

[raouldukelives]

2. Always liked that parable.

If God left us anything when she went away it was Earth and it's critters. When she returns she'll want to see how we tended & increased the bounty of her gift.

[Locrian]

4. bs

Wall Street isn't "investing" into the general economy, they're just gambling and then hording their money OUT of the system.

They are more akin to the "burring the money in the ground".

The central incorrect meme of WS is that they actually DO anything PRODUCTIVE. When in fact they are parasites sucking off the blood of the actual productive economy.

[Blue_Tires]

5. +1

[Initech]

6. Somehow I don't think God could ever be that greedy.