(July 22, 2015 at 10:53 am)drfuzzy Wrote:The rule was that the Israelites were not supposed to gouge their fellow Israelites by charging them interest. They were free to gouge the hell out of the Gentiles by charging them as much interest as possible.
Quote:Jesus was supposed to be such a scholar of the law . . . yet he is ignoring the 18 instances in the "Old Testament" that declare usury (charging interest/making money by loaning money) to be a sin?
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