BIBLICAL
AND PROPHETIC
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The
Dead Sea Scrolls.
" . . Cursed be [S]atan in his hostile design, and damned in
his guilty dominion. Cursed be all the spirits of his [lo]t in their wicked
design . . . For they are a lot of darkness and their visitation is for eternal
destruction. Amen, amen. . . [Cursed be a]ll those who practi[se] their [wicked designs] .
. . [plotting against Go]d'[s Covenant] . . . to exchange the
judgemen[ts of
truth for folly.]"1
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The Old
Testament.
"I the LORD thy God am
a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me . . . " [Exodus 20:5]2a
GNOSTICS
DAWKINS
"Thou shalt not avenge,
nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.."
[Leviticus 19:18].2b
NEW
TESTAMENT
"Take
thou no usury of him: but fear God . . . Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for increase" [Leviticus 25:36-37].2c
"At the end of every
seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the
manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought
unto his neighbour shall release it . . . Of a
foreigner thou mayest exact it again . . . "
[Deuteronomy 15:1-3].2d*
"The rich ruleth over the poor, and
the borrower is servant to the lender"
[Proverbs 22:7].2e*
HERZL
SARTRE
"That which hath been is
now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth
that which is past. And moreover I saw under the sun the place
of judgment, that wickedness was there;
and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was
there" [Ecclesiastes 3:15-16].2f*
PLOTINUS
AUGUSTINE
HEGEL
NIETZSCHE
HEIDEGGER
"I returned, and saw under the
sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to
men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and
chance happeneth to them all." [Ecclesiastes 9:11].2g*
PLOTINUS
HAYEK
AYOUB
" . . .
[M]oney
answereth all things." [Ecclesiastes 10:19].2h
DIOGENES
NEW
TESTAMENT
SPENGLER
HAYEK
"I am the LORD, and there
is none else, there is no God beside me . . .
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
I the LORD do all these things." [Isaiah 45:5-7].2i* DAWKINS
"If he
. . .
"Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase:
shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath
done all these abominations; he shall surely die;
his blood shall be upon him." [Ezekiel
18:10-13].2j
"REJOICE
not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou
hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward
upon every cornfloor. . .
"The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;
Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the
spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine
inequity, and the great hatred.
"All their wickedness is in Gil-gal: for there I
hated them: for the wickedness of their doings.
I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no
more: all their princes are revolters. . .
"My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto
him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations." [Hosea
9:1-17].2k* LUTHER
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The New
Testament.
"And they come to
Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers . . . And
the scribes and chief priests . . . sought how they might destroy him:
for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his
doctrine" [St.
Mark 11:15-18].3a AL-GHAZALI
HEIDEGGER
PAGELS
" . . .
[T]here
is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and
hid, that shall not be known" [St. Matthew 10:26].3b
HEIDEGGER
" . . .
[A]
man's foes shall be they of his own household" [St.
Matthew 10:36].3c*
BUDDHA
"Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God . . .
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
[St. Matthew 22:37-40].3d
BHAGAVAD GITA
KING
"Then said Jesus
to those Jews which believed on him. If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in
bondage to any man; how sayest thou, Ye shall be made
free?
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant of sin." [St.
John 8:31-34].3e*
GNOSTICS
" . . .
[T]he
law entered, that the offense might abound" [Romans
5:20].3f
DESCARTES
RICOEUR
"Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his
might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
[Ephesians 6:10-12]
3g*
" . . .
[T]he
love of money is the root of all evil" [Timothy
6:10].3h
DIOGENES
OLD
TESTAMENT
HOBBES
SPENGLER
HAYEK
" . . . [T]he priesthood
being changed, there is made of necessity a change also
of the law. . . the law made nothing perfect, but
the bringing in of better hope did . . . "
[Hebrews 8:12 and 19].3i*
HEGEL
RICOEUR
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The
Koran.
"That which
you seek to increase by usury will not be blessed by God;
but the alms you give for His sake shall be repaid to you many
times over." [The Greeks 30:39].4a
"Do not devour one
another's property by unjust means, nor bribe with
it the judges in order that you may wrongfully and knowingly
usurp the possessions of other men." [The Cow 2:188].4b
UPANISHADS
"Those that live in usury shall rise up before God
like men whom Satan has demented by his touch; for they claim that trading is no different
from usury." [The Cow 2:275].4c
"Believers,
do not live on usury, doubling your wealth many times over.
Have fear of God, that you may prosper." [The 'Imrans 3:130].4d
"Give orphans the property
which belongs to them. Do not exchange their valuables
for worthless things or cheat them of their possession;
for this would surely be a great sin." [Women 4:3].4e
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Italics in the original.
1 Geza Vermes.
The Dead Sea Scrolls.
4th ed. G. Vermes, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1987, 1995. Penguin Group. London, England: Penguin
Books Ltd., at 185. (The liturgical curse identified as 4Q286-7 was published by
J.T. Milik, Journal of Jewish Studies 23, 1972, 126-35.)
2
The Holy Bible.
The Old Testament. King James Version. London, England: Collins'
Clear-Type Press, 1957.
a Exodus 20:5.
b Leviticus 19:18.
c Leviticus 25:36-37.
d Deuteronomy 15:1-3.
e Proverbs 22:7.
f Ecclesiastes 3:15-16.
g Ecclesiastes
9:11.
h Ecclesiastes 10:19.
i Isaiah 45:5-7..
j Ezekiel 18:10-13.
k Hosea
9:1-17.
3
The Holy Bible.
The New Testament. King James Version. London, England: Collins'
Clear-Type Press, 1957.
a St.
Mark 11:15-18.
b St. Matthew 10:26.
c St. Matthew 10:36.
d St. Matthew
22:37-40.
e St. John, 8:31-34.
f Romans 5:20.
g
Ephesians 6:10-12..
h Timothy 6:10.
i Hebrews 8:12 and 19.
4 The Koran.
Translated, with Notes, by N.J.
Dawood. N.J. Dawood, 1956,
1959, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1990, 1993. London, England: Penguin Books Ltd.
a The Greeks 30:39..
b The Cow 2:188.
c The Cow 2:275.
d The 'Imrans 3:130
e Women 4:3.
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