16th September, 2018.
OK, I think …
No, I know … !
I’m getting too old for this sort of early morning.
Frankly?
I could do with … well, maybe being ten years younger.
Although, saying that … ?
I didn’t have a web cam on the computer.
You’re possibly thankful.
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Did I mention I’m not especially religious?
Although I will admit to happily praying, when appropriate. Making the assumption that someone’s listening, and — if nothing else — can just nod sympathetically, is something I often find helpful.
A vaguely religious piece of news has got me thinking, though.
You’ve possibly heard of Wonga: the loan company famous for loaning to anyone at high interest rates, regardless of whether they could afford the loan.
The company recently collapsed.
And, inevitably, there’s been all sorts of speculation about what will happen to it.
Including this piece.
It seems a senior member of the Labour Party has suggested the Church of England buy out the company’s loan book: in order to prevent further potentially exploitation of those debtors.
Personally?
I think it’s a nice idea.
Think it’s a nice idea.
I’m not necessarily convinced it’s a good idea.
I’m no economist, no theologian.
But I know that the Vatican has also had problems with the Institutum pro Operibus Religionis, the Institute for Religious Works.
The Vatican’s bank has been surrounded by controversy for many years, with a series of investments that don’t match it’s principles: and a series of Mafia-linked customers.
That’s one reason for not liking the idea.
The other?
Passages in all four Gospels of the Bible — Matthew 21:12-17, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-48 and John 2:13-16 — tell us how Jesus kicked the moneychangers and assorted others out of the temple.
Personally, I’m looking at the possible Wonga deal, and asking “What would Jesus do*?”
I think he’d avoid it like the plague.
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