Comments on: A Response on Improving Capitalism http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/06/07/a-response-on-improving-capitalism/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: worm http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/06/07/a-response-on-improving-capitalism/#comment-236 worm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:46:46 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-236 I agree with a lot of what you are saying. People corrupt and broken are the reasons for the woes in the world. Materialism is just a symptom of the bigger problem of lostness, and the need for a new heart. I agree with a lot of what you are saying. People corrupt and broken are the reasons for the woes in the world. Materialism is just a symptom of the bigger problem of lostness, and the need for a new heart.

]]> By: amoslanka http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/06/07/a-response-on-improving-capitalism/#comment-207 amoslanka Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:12:51 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-207 Eric - As always, bro, I love the conversation. Your last two sentences pretty much summed up exactly what took me a "book" to get out - we can always be bitter and negative, but what counts is the positive we see and pursue and improve on. Mark - you're right, there is nothing un-christian about capitalism by definition. But at the same time there is nothing specifically christian about it either. Thats precisely the point, that it is neither owned or disowned by any religious belief. Eric – As always, bro, I love the conversation. Your last two sentences pretty much summed up exactly what took me a “book” to get out – we can always be bitter and negative, but what counts is the positive we see and pursue and improve on.

Mark – you’re right, there is nothing un-christian about capitalism by definition. But at the same time there is nothing specifically christian about it either. Thats precisely the point, that it is neither owned or disowned by any religious belief.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/06/07/a-response-on-improving-capitalism/#comment-206 Mark Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:11:26 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-206 There is nothing un-christian about capitalism. Problems only arise in capitalism when people lie, cheat and steal. People lie, cheat and steal in all economic and political systems. There is nothing un-christian about capitalism. Problems only arise in capitalism when people lie, cheat and steal. People lie, cheat and steal in all economic and political systems.

]]> By: Eric Brown http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/06/07/a-response-on-improving-capitalism/#comment-205 Eric Brown Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:08:59 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-205 Hey man, I thought I was going to have a bunch of nice, deep things to say, but I don't have those words. So, I will just say great post, my friend. There is a lot of what you have said that is challenging me to really start figuring out how to proactively love my neighbors, both here and abroad. It's one thing to be bitter about commercialism, consumerism, and materialism. It's another thing to love my neighbor. Thanks, bro. Hey man, I thought I was going to have a bunch of nice, deep things to say, but I don’t have those words. So, I will just say great post, my friend. There is a lot of what you have said that is challenging me to really start figuring out how to proactively love my neighbors, both here and abroad. It’s one thing to be bitter about commercialism, consumerism, and materialism. It’s another thing to love my neighbor. Thanks, bro.

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