tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post4254918316557148642..comments2020-10-25T05:56:29.229-04:00Comments on The Meekonomics Project: SeasonsLauren Sheilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14195946640778451563noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post-59452093121072475442010-08-08T09:18:47.835-04:002010-08-08T09:18:47.835-04:00Hey Frank
I really don't have a whole lot to ...Hey Frank<br /><br />I really don't have a whole lot to say to that, other than that labels, like liberal or conservative don't mean much to me. I just try to do what I think is right and perhaps situational (or motivational) ethics aren't a bad thing.Lauren Sheilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195946640778451563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post-58811850422235388162010-08-07T16:47:59.034-04:002010-08-07T16:47:59.034-04:00Hi Lauren:
I found it interesting when you wrote,...Hi Lauren:<br /><br />I found it interesting when you wrote, "Somehow making a profit on the backs of the World’s poor seems immoral."<br /><br />How immoral? Why immoral? Only on the backs of "the poor"? How poor? Starving to death poor? Merely miserably poor? <br /><br />I was happy to read what you said about that. Looks to me like you are on the slippery slope to liberalism, LOL. At least you may be going the right direction. Why are excessive profits made "on the backs of" the working class any better (or any less bad) than the "usury" that the bible admonishes against? <br /><br />For that matter, I am wondering whether you think the government is out of line by regulating excessive interest and requiring honesty in reporting true costs of loans? The O.T. prophets certainly didn't hesitate at such regulation, to the point of prohibiting lending at interest. <br /><br />However, by the time of Jesus, lending for profit was so prevalent that Jesus seemingly took it for granted in one of his parables, the one of the talents. The main character in the parable was punished for not investing his money to collect the interest collecting usury!<br /><br />Hmmm, sounds like something culturally relative is going on in that instance. Might one go so far as to call it "situational ethics"?<br /><br />OK, a little food for thought, you old liberal you.<br /><br />Cheers ... Frank "Hank" LockwoodFrank Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815988086450931170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post-88092804525115502682010-07-31T17:08:07.949-04:002010-07-31T17:08:07.949-04:0038 is not old. I am 46 and about to dedicate the n...38 is not old. I am 46 and about to dedicate the next 10-15 (maybe even 20) years to the next stage of my life. It would be so sad if at the age of 50, you looked back and found yourself thinking that 38 wasn't so old after all, and that maybe you should have done some of the things that you wanted to. I was once told of a man who decided at the age of 35 to become a doctor and went ahead and did it. That's only 3 years younger than you.kippen64https://www.blogger.com/profile/09349803809195454781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post-6903894428820329062010-07-31T16:08:27.368-04:002010-07-31T16:08:27.368-04:00Good luck to you! there will always be some kind o...Good luck to you! there will always be some kind of obstacle, but it takes a strong will to power through. God bless!Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472174780061102900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665035552034685656.post-77268995366304434342010-07-31T15:43:16.720-04:002010-07-31T15:43:16.720-04:00Lauren, I have enjoyed your postings and encourage...Lauren, I have enjoyed your postings and encourage you to continue. At 38, don't sell yourself short. You are never too old to learn, or get "educated". There are many ways to do it, including on-line internet courses. At 66 I still surprise myself at what is out there waiting to be learned! I look forward to seeing your new project!IanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874490886311041312noreply@blogger.com