by Chris Surber What is the central mission of the individual Christian? What is the central mission of the Church? How can any person be effective at any thing if they fail to identify with clarity their central mission? A lot of believers today are living as though their central mission was to purify society…
by Elgin Hushbeck For all but the most dogmatic Christians, living in the real world is full of compromises. This is probably one of the reasons monasticism has played a significant role in the history of Christianity. There is something appealing about cutting oneself off and just living as Christ would want us to live,…
Links: Question 6 Elgin’s Answer Joel’s Answer Elgin Hushbeck – Question 6 – Reply 1 (Profit) Content: (Note: Content corrected an updated 7/30/13, because the editor posted the wrong content.) 1) You say profits must be kept low. But terms like “low” and “high” are relative terms, and frankly very subjective. What is low or…
Links: Question 6 Elgin’s Answer Joel’s Answer Joel Watts – Question 6 – Reply 1 (Profit) Content: 1.) You quote Scripture regarding pay. Are profit and the pay the same thing? Well, there are clearly some differences; otherwise we would not have separate words. But at their core they are basically the same in that…
Links: Question 6 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 6 (Profit) – Answer For we do not aim to be rich merely for our own sakes, but for the sake of our children, our neighbors, friends and most of all, for our community. For the private fortunes of individuals are the wealth of the state. (Cicero, De…
Links: Question 6 Joel Watts – Question 6 (Profit) – Answer What is the value of profit as a motive for action in the marketplace and competition as a regulating force? Do you trust profit making organizations more than non-profit? Under what circumstances? While profit and the profit motive are often maligned they are the…
One of the huge problems with this discussion is that you are extremely sloppy with the presentation of your claims, frequently without any clarifying examples, such that I am often left wondering if you are really that wrong, or if you actually mean something other than what you seem to say; but if so, what…
What is the value of profit as a motive for action in the marketplace and competition as a regulating force? Do you trust profit making organizations more than non-profit? Under what circumstances?
Combining Replies from both Elgin Hushbeck, and Joel Watts. Question #5 Reply by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Reply by Joel Watts Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Response #1 Joel Watts Response #1 [6/24/13 – I inadvertently posted the wrong content for Joel Watts’ reply. The corrected text is below. – HN] Response #2 by Joel Watts: 1.) The…
Links: Question 5 Elgin Hushbeck Reply to Question 5 Joel Watts Reply to Question 5 Joel Watts Question 5 Response 1 Second Reply Set (Both Joel Watts and Elgin Hushbeck) Question: You write of finding “the least bad one.” Why are you so pessimistic that the situation cannot be righted? Even if Eden started off…