tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1583442286877749747..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: What If It's Not Greed?Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4097619030780927632008-10-24T16:52:00.000-04:002008-10-24T16:52:00.000-04:00Greed is too close to ambition. Ambition is a pro...Greed is too close to ambition. Ambition is a protestant virtue. It is very difficult to separate an ambitious businessman from a greedy one.<BR/><BR/>No one knows when prices are excessive or when they are merely reflecting supply and demand realities.<BR/><BR/>No one knows when a salary is fair or obscene (executives, professional sports, celebrities).<BR/><BR/>No one knows when an interest rate is usuary or a reasonable return on risk.<BR/><BR/>No one knows when wages paid are fair or modern day slavery.<BR/><BR/>We can't preach against greed because we don't know what it is!Mike Darushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669617343235073078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50908633078551058212008-10-11T20:38:00.000-04:002008-10-11T20:38:00.000-04:00Yeah, the greed and materialism lectures in the Ev...Yeah, the greed and materialism lectures in the EvC usually come in the newsletter or on video series.<BR/>From the pulpit, not so much.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26509653892689228432008-10-11T19:39:00.000-04:002008-10-11T19:39:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure that I've ever heard Greed condemn...I'm not so sure that I've ever heard Greed condemned in the pulpit of an evangelical church. Not as such. I have heard talk of things like not depending on material things, or laying up treasures in heaven, but I don't believe I have ever heard the word Greed come up very much if at all. <BR/>Two reasons, I think. First, the EvC seems MUCH more concerned with sexual sin, wrong belief, and lack of zeal for converting the unsaved. Second, material blessing seems generally to be considered as an implicit imprimatur of the favor of God. This may not be spoken aloud, but I have felt it as well as heard it. For example - the reason many "elders" sit on the church boards has little or nothing to do with any spiritual maturity. It has to do with their being successful businessmen. Because their businesses are blessed by God then they must therefore be ready to lead (serve)the church. <BR/>I would be very very surprised to hear a sermon that spoke directly of greed pointed at a congregation. Congregational polity definitely puts a damper on that sort of thing.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57377805867568992112008-10-11T18:02:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:02:00.000-04:00I am convinced that one of the attractions of cond...I am convinced that one of the attractions of condemning greed is that this particular sin, like racism, is always <I>someone else's</I>.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979671579252188208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65029330894563925312008-10-11T00:25:00.000-04:002008-10-11T00:25:00.000-04:00I should have known.I should have known.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33045562740744666922008-10-11T00:17:00.000-04:002008-10-11T00:17:00.000-04:00First rate--and I fully agree.First rate--and <A HREF="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2008/10/finance-part-iii.html" REL="nofollow">I fully agree</A>.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.com