Comments on: Praying for Wisdom http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JK http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-72510 JK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72510 I like explaining to Christians and others that the "Golden rule" is axiomatically flawed from the get go, especially if your suicidal. As (Yip) Harberg (1896-1981) wrote: Love thy neighbor as thy self, keep that motto on the shelf, let it lie there, keep it idle, especially if you're suicidal. I like the platinum rule that Atheist Michael Scott Earl advocated in his Bible Stories Your Parent Never Taught You. Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves. Axiomatically it just makes more sense. I like explaining to Christians and others that the “Golden rule” is axiomatically flawed from the get go, especially if your suicidal. As (Yip) Harberg (1896-1981) wrote: Love thy neighbor as thy self, keep that motto on the shelf, let it lie there, keep it idle, especially if you’re suicidal. I like the platinum rule that Atheist Michael Scott Earl advocated in his Bible Stories Your Parent Never Taught You. Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves. Axiomatically it just makes more sense.

]]> By: TXatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-72511 TXatheist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72511 I don?t see why the reporter interviewed clergy on this. It comes down to why I?m a liberal that thinks taxes should be severely raised on the top 5%. The greed for companies to make 15-20% return for their top investors/stock holders. It?s why I think Wall Street is the devil. Pray all you want for your mortgage but with this many people getting bit by this problem it seems more than buyer beware, it?s seems like purely unethical sales techniques by lenders as demanded on them by senior management. I don?t see why the reporter interviewed clergy on this. It comes down to why I?m a liberal that thinks taxes should be severely raised on the top 5%. The greed for companies to make 15-20% return for their top investors/stock holders. It?s why I think Wall Street is the devil. Pray all you want for your mortgage but with this many people getting bit by this problem it seems more than buyer beware, it?s seems like purely unethical sales techniques by lenders as demanded on them by senior management.

]]> By: GodFree&Glad http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-72512 GodFree&Glad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72512 I just bet they're "praying for wisdom." Ha! They're praying for one of the magic man's miracles in the form of green-backs.<br /> <br /> I feel pity for the children of people who lined up for loans on houses they knew they couldn't afford, but none for the parents.<br /> <br /> And I'm wondering when the clergy is going to get around to all the other so-called abuses? How about credit card d*ebt. Thousands have used the plastic knowing they were digging deep holes for themselves. And then there are car loans. How many people - good xians included - are driving vehicles they shouldn't be driving, but just had to have?!!<br /> <br /> Damn those lenders! None of this is the fault of the idiot who signed on the dotted line!!! I just bet they’re “praying for wisdom.” Ha! They’re praying for one of the magic man’s miracles in the form of green-backs.

I feel pity for the children of people who lined up for loans on houses they knew they couldn’t afford, but none for the parents.

And I’m wondering when the clergy is going to get around to all the other so-called abuses? How about credit card d*ebt. Thousands have used the plastic knowing they were digging deep holes for themselves. And then there are car loans. How many people – good xians included – are driving vehicles they shouldn’t be driving, but just had to have?!!

Damn those lenders! None of this is the fault of the idiot who signed on the dotted line!!!

]]> By: KnowledgeIsPower http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-72515 KnowledgeIsPower Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72515 Honda Accord (1990)<br /> <br /> 268,000+ miles<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.</blockquote> Honda Accord (1990)

268,000+ miles

Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.

]]> By: KnowledgeIsPower http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/20/praying_for_wisdom/comment-page-1#comment-72517 KnowledgeIsPower Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72517 <blockquote>"That's the Golden Rule. But I bet there's not 1 in 100 that did. If more of them just thought about that for a minute, it would have prevented a lot of this."</blockquote><br /> <br /> Actually, the more applicable question would be "would you offer this loan to youself?" I would. I wouldn't sign it, but on the off chance I was stupid enough to accept my offer, I would offer myself the loan. Problem solved.

“That’s the Golden Rule. But I bet there’s not 1 in 100 that did. If more of them just thought about that for a minute, it would have prevented a lot of this.”

Actually, the more applicable question would be “would you offer this loan to youself?” I would. I wouldn’t sign it, but on the off chance I was stupid enough to accept my offer, I would offer myself the loan. Problem solved.

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