Is Wall Street Meeting God's Expectations?

WSJ:

What if God was an analyst?

Earlier this week on MarketWatch, I looked at how scripture is used to reinforce, justify or vilify economic activity from taxation to bank fees.

Read the whole story at WSJ

Comments

[nothingchanges]

02:11 PM on 05/04/2012

Personal opinion?

Wall Street and the Big Bankers better pray there is no God.

Cause if there is?

Judgement day is gonna be a big surprise for most of them.

A very unpleasant surprise...................assuming justice is finally served.

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[BillKen]

05:18 PM on 05/03/2012

They are the 'money changers', I'd say NO.
Semper Fi

[human957]

03:01 PM on 05/03/2012

Any person with more than 2 neurons can see that Jesus was not talking about money.

Do you want to know what he think about money and rich people?

Timothy 6:10
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

Matthew 19:24
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

[human957]

02:34 PM on 05/03/2012

What about Matthew 19:24 and Timothy 6:10?

[BuleriaChk]

01:19 PM on 05/03/2012

god knocked up a poor carpenter's wife, convinced the locals that it was a virgin birth, and then threw his illegitimate son under the bus when he turned out to be a liberal...

good, strong Republican CEO core values....

[StopMakingSense2]

12:35 PM on 05/03/2012

If he existed no. If the seven deadly sins were they would all be dead! And what did jesus say about a rich man getting into heaven and a camel passing through the eye of a needle? They would never get to meet god in any case! Oh the tangled webs of BS we weave!

[Hally]

10:24 AM on 05/03/2012

Expectations for sin, heck yes.

Wall Street is the epitome of greed, pride, lust and envy. There's probably quite a bit of gluttony too since WS players are about the only ones who can afford it.

As for wrath, didn't they used to say that Dick Fuld was like a gorilla in a suit?

Yes, I'd say they fulfill all of God's expectation for the vices of men.

[human957]

02:37 PM on 05/03/2012

Read Matthew 19:24 and Timothy 6:10. It just say that.

[FoxIslander]

09:34 AM on 05/03/2012

...none of these guys go to prison, so we are left discussing what God would think about it. Stooooopid.

[ema123]

01:43 PM on 05/03/2012

And if HE had any b@lls he would come down and strike them!

[Captain Hindsight]

09:34 AM on 05/03/2012

They seem to be working diligently towards a loaf of bread costing a days wages. Fulfilling the the prophecies of revelations through their greed is about as biblical as they will ever get.

[KarmaPatrol]

09:19 AM on 05/03/2012

This article is a bit of a stretch regardless of which side politics you are on. If you are a trader or investor, it's part of your job ... nothing more, nothing less.

[dbackl]

09:03 AM on 05/03/2012

Multiply the good we do by helping the less fortunate - words to live by - amen