James 5:4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThat stuff is typically relegated to the realm of \u201cprudential judgement\u201d, which (I am assured) is Latin for \u201cfeel free to ignore the Church if it seems to threaten your tribe\u2019s views on economics\u201d.\u00a0 After that, we simply can dismiss it with a blithe assurance that ordination is not an economics degree and when the Church intrudes on the \u201cscience\u201d of economics she is committing a silly Euroweenie overreach.\u00a0 Bishops need to get back to telling liberals what they should do with their groins, not telling capitalists what they can\u2019t do to the\u00a0desperate.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Price Gouging is Justice. Cheating the Desperate is the Will of God. \u201cThus says the LORD: \u201cFor three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes\u2013 7 they that trample the head of the poor into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[286,39],"class_list":["post-39552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sins-that-cry-to-heaven-for-vengeance","tag-whiskey-tango-foxtrot"],"yoast_head":"\n
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