Does humanity deserve Corona?

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This line alone can force my laughter to explode, especially that I'm living in the Middle East.
The banks of the Muslim world -especially places like Saudi Arabia- are indeed using interest ! This member is not just lying and spreading false rumors; but he is very ignorant too !!

I won't waste my time replying to him, but in short: no Muslim country can live without interest in banks. This person is flat-out lying !

Well, since Mr. Greene respects Bill Nye but not Ken Ham (and rightfully so) I'm sure he'll be willing to change his position based on the evidence. 

 

Today's dark world was built by the old fools who were blind, greedy, have a superiority complex and above all: selfish. They rarely thought about our generation to be honest.

To me, this gets us back to the point I wanted to make earlier. It's true that lots of people in every religion have gotten away from core principles concerning finance, the treatment of strangers, etc. 

Mr. Greene seemed to be saying earlier that this is undoubtedly a good thing. That Muslims' willingness to use interest makes modern finance possible. But these leaves unaddressed the question of whether modern finance is at all desirable. It seems pretty clear that capitalism is what's killing the world these days. And as Fredric Jameson says, it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. 

If we did embrace a system in which (as Jesus wanted) all property was held in common and shared out to those most in need, the world might be better. If religion could hold that nature is sacred, it would provide an alternative way to value things that isn't measured in exchange value or use value.  

There might be ways other than the sacred to accomplish this, but our whole tradition comes from religion, like it or not, and in searching for alternatives these are the tools that our history gives us.