As Steven noted, I was being sarcastic. But to get serious, God gave
religion permission to torture, burn at the stake, and kill. Money is
only used to make poor and marginalize. I think you would agree, this
is progress.
Ed
On Dec 30, 2013, at 1:32 PM, James Bowery wrote:
Money as God is as old as civilization and it has a name that is,
too, as old as civilization:
Mammon Worship.
In many ways, money is a far more seductive religion in that it has
the appearance of rationality.
I don't call this progress.
On the other hand, the State as God is little better.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Edmund Storms
<[email protected]> wrote:
Well Jed, I guess it is nice to know we are no worse off than we
would have been in 1513. Of course, then people had the Church to
fight, which had God on its side. Now, the fight is with politicians
who only have money on their side. I call this progress. :-)
Ed
On Dec 30, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Edmund Storms <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, and both Lewis and Koonin went on to high office and were well
rewarded for not rocking the boat on any subject. There was and is
no reward in advocating for cold fusion.
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to
conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in
the introduction of a new order of things, because the innovator
has for enemies all those who have done well under the old
condition, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under
the new."
- Machiavelli, 1513
