/dead-peasant-clause/ Art and media blog of the unexpected Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 /dead-peasant-clause/comment-page-1/#comment-3098 Dave Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:01:12 +0000 /?p=10195#comment-3098 Yes. You write very well and I enjoyed reading your blog which has been bookmarked. The ''Health and Wealth'' doctrine finds variants in other religions as well, or it would appear. Finance, in and of itself is not an evil, but part of the business perspective in the same proportion as management or marketing. At issue is the sheer size and power of this large institutions and how they have permeated and dominated consumer culture. In addition, the proportion of non productive assets as a percentage of the economy has grown steadily; a GDP based on the value of paper being pushed. Thanks for reading and feel free to write again. Best, Dave Yes. You write very well and I enjoyed reading your blog which has been bookmarked. The ”Health and Wealth” doctrine finds variants in other religions as well, or it would appear. Finance, in and of itself is not an evil, but part of the business perspective in the same proportion as management or marketing. At issue is the sheer size and power of this large institutions and how they have permeated and dominated consumer culture. In addition, the proportion of non productive assets as a percentage of the economy has grown steadily; a GDP based on the value of paper being pushed. Thanks for reading and feel free to write again. Best,
Dave

]]> /dead-peasant-clause/comment-page-1/#comment-3082 Paul Swendson Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:33:19 +0000 /?p=10195#comment-3082 If you click on the website listed by my name, it should take you to a post that I wrote back in January that addresses the issues of capitalism meeting Christianity. (At least the second half of the post, anyway.) From what I can gather, Christianity is somewhat apolitical. Since Jesus' followers were not particularly interested in political issues, it is easy for people to fill in the gaps as they see fit. I also found myself wondering while reading your post if a distinction should be made between finance, which only seeks to turn money into more money, and capitalist endeavors that seek to produce tangible products. If you click on the website listed by my name, it should take you to a post that I wrote back in January that addresses the issues of capitalism meeting Christianity. (At least the second half of the post, anyway.) From what I can gather, Christianity is somewhat apolitical. Since Jesus’ followers were not particularly interested in political issues, it is easy for people to fill in the gaps as they see fit. I also found myself wondering while reading your post if a distinction should be made between finance, which only seeks to turn money into more money, and capitalist endeavors that seek to produce tangible products.

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