MennoNet.com

I don't know the right answer either, and for the record I'm not convinced all interest is necessarily wrong. I do think some of the justifications for it being OK to charge interest don't hold water well. For instance, trotting out the argument you gave above about expansionist monetary policy to ...

The Bible says to lend, expecting nothing in return - not even principal, let alone interest. True.. Jesus said that... And to give and whosoever asks turn thou not away.. What did Jesus actually mean? Is there balancing or guiding verses or principles to that? Does Jesus tell us to lend everything...

1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? So do you know of anyone who loans large sums long term at 0% interest to random people? Do christians who charge interest not help ...

So since my simple topic has turned into things I did not intend, here is a few parts of reality: The truth is that the monetary system is very different now than it was in Jesus' day. A) To say you could not charge interest on 40 pieces of silver in Jesus day for a 50 year loan meant that at the en...

QuietObserver wrote: I thought this video

Good explanation! Thanks! Many things are under a lot of stress right now...

PaulD, nearly everyone who wants to get into day trading is looking to make money quickly without working hard. Making money that fast usually involves profiting from someone else’s loss. More practically, many such people end up losing their initial investment, so it’s a waste of both time and mon...

. If you have enough money to worry about inflation of the US$, and think stocks are a good idea, you may want to check where your treasures and your heart are. I think I may want to check where my treasure and heart is whether or not I do or do not have enough money or debt or stocks or other to w...

.. Yeah I really think we should live like James Madison envisioned, everyone on a piece of land toiling to make our own food and clothing from the soil with our own hands and totally refrain from use of the oil powered industrial revolution and all of its changes. If I could move to a place like t...

Is your focus then to make money fast and get rich quick by having the perfect stock pick? No, that is just a byproduct. I am not worldly like that :D . My focus is ultra-conservative investing and I do not trust burrying cash USDinars in rigteous white napkins since they are being greatly devalued...

Well, the time to make money has kind of passed - let me tell you, it was tempting to buy some puts on RCL two months ago. The people like Warren Buffet have the philosophy "Sell when everyone is buying and buy when everyone is selling." Now is the time to buy into the cruise stocks if th...