straight talk

Quite Frankly I find it shocking and bewildering.



Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008

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I throw this out as a question that anyone is free to answer or respond to. How can so many "professed believers" avoid accept, condone, allow, that which is specifically, and I do mean specifically addressed in the Word or God, regardless of the version read or used as immoral?

What am I getting at? Well simply speaking, USURY or the form we now use LEGALIZED USURY. The kind that destroys, kills, yes kills. Now I have used this as one of my themes for years and yet nary a few have come forward and responded, why? Always running from it like our leaders. Not interested, not your concern, doesn't effect you, not the issue, interpretation, what? We are talking, simply speaking that is, plain and true, you say you believe then you must believe in God's Word and God has said multiple times usury is immoral.

So if any believers, professors, or just plain professed decent people, whatever can answer me, how is it justified, allowed, permitted, condoned? How can we accept our leaders condoning it, allowing it, how? To me it seems to be a very double standard and if thats the way it is, thank you for confirming much of what I base my writing on.

Robert T. Melaccio Sr. 2008 Copyright 2008 Robert Melaccio Sr.



Robert Melaccio Sr. has worked in the computer industry for 40 plus years in a diversified business and managerial environments. He enjoys freelance writing, giving seminars for young adults and teen groups as well as being an accomplished award winning poet of published poetry. He has worked teaching and as a youth minister. He is married and has three children and three grandchildren.

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» left by James P Krehbiel
 3 years 40 days ago.
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Okay Mr Melaccio, I'll give it a shot!
 
The Bible tells us that Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the temple (for charging less, by the way, than we’re now assessed on our Visa and MasterCard bills). Credit card rates of 20% are outrageous thievery. But wait! What about payday loans as high as 400%, generously provided to our service men and women. This is how we treat our brave and valiant soldiers? Then we have Congress, (Mr. Moneybags) turning their back on this corruption. There we have it - the rich governmental and corporate honcho's get their tax breaks and the middle class consumer gets screwed. Here's the problem. You have been writing about this and no one seems to get it. Is it a lack of being educated about the issue or mere laziness? I can't answer that question. I do know that Jesus would be PO'd and would throw Congress, the Wall Street tycoons, Payday loan officers and the Big Three Automakers on their butts. Thanks for raising this issue of corruption and immorality again.
 
 
 
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» left by robert melaccio sr 3 years 40 days ago.
James, you are a very astute person and I agree past 100%.  Oh and James 20%, many would yearn for that, try 34.9 % and higher. Yet you are correct, but what I can't figure out, really is why no outrage and why do we allow it?  That part just troubles me. Thanks for answering me.
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» left by straight talk 3 years 40 days ago.
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Here I am a day into the article and one reply. Thanks James. I guess my sentiments were right. Not many can reply. I guess just a few consider usury immoral. I guess only when it happens to them? Oh perhaps they don't need a card or only have one and that is paid on time, for now.  Yes, but that not the point though, USURY  and immorality is. Yes and I guess professing is the same, meaningless.
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