alenasatoshi on Nostr: The Bible does contain passages that condemn usury. In the Old Testament, Exodus ...
The Bible does contain passages that condemn usury. In the Old Testament, Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:35-37, and Deuteronomy 23:19-20 prohibit Israelites from charging interest to fellow Israelites, although they were allowed to charge interest to foreigners. (How gracious..)
In the New Testament, Jesus teaches about the importance of lending without expecting anything in return in Luke 6:30-35.
Usury is also addressed in several biblical passages, such as Psalm 15:5 and Ezekiel 18:8-9, which condemn those who lend at excessive interest rates.
I can make a similar analysis of Christian values vs Bitcoin, but there is already the book Thanks God for Bitcoin.
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