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mk (mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 05:03:05 JST mk

"33 AD, Jesus traveled to the city of Jerusalem for the Jewish ceremony of Passover. There were thousands of pilgrims from around the world and the temple provided services for them to change their foreign money or buy animals to sacrifice. Jesus was furious. He believed that trade like this corrupted the holy site. According to the Gospel of St John, he wrecked the stalls of the moneylenders and drove them all out of the temple. "
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  mk (mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 05:09:54 JST mk
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  what is usury?
  "practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender[..]taking advantage of others' misfortunes[..]ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind, and was considered wrong, or was made illegal[..]Catholic Church in medieval Europe[..]regarded the charging of interest at any rate as sinful"
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    Usury () is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors defined by the laws of a state. Someone who practices usury can be called a usurer, but in modern colloquial English may be called a loan shark. In many historical societies including ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind, and was considered wrong, or was made illegal. During the Sutra period in India (7th to 2nd centuries BC) there were laws prohibiting the highest castes from practicing usury. Similar condemnations are found in religious texts from Buddhism, Judaism (ribbit in Hebrew), Christianity, and Islam (riba in Arabic). At times, many states from ancient Greece to ancient Rome have outlawed loans with any interest. Though the Roman Empire eventually allowed...
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  mk (mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 05:56:17 JST mk
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  banking system 2000 years ago was designed to enslave people...hasn't changed much.
  
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  DrFell (Disgruntled Citizen)✅️ (drfell@freeatlantis.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 05:56:18 JST DrFell (Disgruntled Citizen)✅️
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  And Mafia loan sharks
  
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