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celticlord2112 -> RE: Why should God bless America? (3/18/2008 6:53:19 PM)
quote: because the next question is how many times the NT condemns usury (the lending or borrowing of money at interest) and whether or not duped has an interest paying bank account. It doesn't. The word "usury" occurs only twice in the New Testament: Matthew 25:27 and Luke 19:23. Both are variations of the Parable of the Talents and neither is critical of the concept. The prohibitions against usury are in the Old Testament, and even then they are problematic (basically, Hebrews couldn't charge interest to Hebrews but Gentiles were fair game). Leviticus 25:36-37 Deuteronomy 23:19-20

Gemini1766 -> RE: Why should God bless America? (3/18/2008 8:10:41 PM)
God blesses no country or person above any other. If we are blessed it is because of the foresight of our ancestors who came here, made a go of it and succeeded. There is no God in it other than in the hearts and minds. We are not a Christian Nation. But we are a Nation with a lot of Christians. Huge difference. We also have Muslims, Hindi, Pagans, Druids, Wiccans, Satanists (which are a branch of Christianity, as they don't fit in with any other group since they are pretty much anti-Christianity), and many others.

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