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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (6298)	9/16/2007 5:22:19 PM
From: Jim S	Respond to of 13056

Oh, ok, now I understand. You want to try to be stupid so you won't deceive yourself into thinking you're wise. You've succeeded! God's gonna love you for that!

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (6298)	9/16/2007 6:04:26 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 13056

Different values? Probably. But you do such a poor job of expressing yours that its hard to be sure what your values are here. Your link doesn't address the issue at all. I'm not saying its wrong, its doesn't rise to the level of being wrong. Its irrelevant. Its about not thinking you are so wise. Well its true that people can be bigger fools for thinking they are so wise, but what does that have to do with the practical results that implementing your ideas would cause? Maybe your saying that you don't care about practical results that your all for whatever Jesus says. OK if you want to go that way (realizing that people that don't share your particular religious interpretation wouldn't buy the argument) but you haven't posted any arguments or bible quotes to suggest that Jesus would be against international investment and trade. You imply people should be against such trade and investment because Jesus would be but you don't show any reason to think that he would be or give any reason why he would be. We are apparently left with something like "its wrong because Jesus is against it", and "Jesus is against it because its wrong". Please either actually make a Biblical/religious argument, or leave religion out of it completely. Either would be much better than making a circular argument using religion.