The Economics of Sex
The real and rather interesting non-religious argument against contraception:
Oddly enough, Pope Paul VI, author of Populorum Progresso predicted exactly this in Humanae Vitae.
Going back to Papal Economics, Fr. Zieba claims that Pope Paul VI was disconnected from reality on economics in his encyclicals. I put forth that he was in fact *very* attached to the reality of the law of supply and demand- and could see coming that human beings were losing out to the impersonal equation dictating price- is exactly why Populum Progresso looked to the State for some sort of balance in enforcement of morality, and in Humanae Vitae, called for an end to contraception to reset the high price of sex.
Oddly enough, Pope Paul VI, author of Populorum Progresso predicted exactly this in Humanae Vitae.
Going back to Papal Economics, Fr. Zieba claims that Pope Paul VI was disconnected from reality on economics in his encyclicals. I put forth that he was in fact *very* attached to the reality of the law of supply and demand- and could see coming that human beings were losing out to the impersonal equation dictating price- is exactly why Populum Progresso looked to the State for some sort of balance in enforcement of morality, and in Humanae Vitae, called for an end to contraception to reset the high price of sex.
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Another bit of poor advice is telling people to live day to day without saving for retirement thinking that their Heavenly Father will take care of them. It shows how little Jesus knew about business and finance.
Perhaps, running a business is not the only reasonable way to value what we do.
I would say no, it hasn't. Human beings *still* need food, clothing, shelter, and clean water. Have all along. Even the most primitive extended family knows this, and finds a way to provide these things for every member of the clan.
So why can't your vaulted free market?
I also oppose a totally controlled and centralized market, where the potential of the controlling committees to do harm to others is likewise large.
It is for this reason that I would prefer markets to be limited in both size and scope, and regulated to prevent harm. ARM vs Intel is a good case study in small vs large markets.
How do you feel about Lon Mabon?
He also has a tendency to be for big corporation solutions- which are just as bad as big government solutions.
I supported Bill Sizemore in the primary against Lon Mabon for Governor- and would pick *any* pro-lifer over that nut (not that I have to- after going to jail for misuse of campaign funds he's been pretty quiet).
In the spirit of Pope Francis's call for unity under the Greatest Commandment, I won't call them heretics anymore. But many of them are cartoonish versions of the real thing.
I'm to the point that I see the theology of sola scriptura leading naturally to atheism- because how can you look at what these people call religion and NOT wonder if God still exists?
Since the Bible never actually refers to the Bible as scripture, belief in a dead book as an idol of authority is so full of holes that it directly leads to websites like this one:
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html
I call these people Biblical Atheists, because they haven't really left the fundamentalism of Sola Scriptura behind- their entire proof against God is scriptural.