[CS-FSLUG] OT: bailout

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

No, Ed, it is not comical -- it is essential.  Your words below are a 
claim that God used Joseph to lead Egypt into evil.  God does not use 
holy people to lead others into evil.  It is only unholy people, who 
lead others into evil.

J.E.B.

> Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
>>> First, there SHOULDN'T be any bailout....PERIOD! End of story! 
>> So, do you suggest that Joseph did wrong when he performed a huge 
>> bailout in Egypt?
>
> That's comical, Jonathan :-D
>
> God used Joseph to keep Israel alive. In the process, He used Joseph 
> to force Egypt into a form of feudalism which gave the royal house far 
> more authority than was previously the case. Until that point, the 
> royal family was merely the first among equal noble households. This 
> greatly enhanced centralized control, which was necessary to put 
> Israel in the oven, the trial by fire God had prophesied for Israel. 
> It also planted the seeds of destruction, since that sort of 
> centralized power introduces a unique set of vulnerabilities to a nation.
>
> Frankly, I expect the US and some other Western nations to experience 
> something rather the equivalent of the Ten Plagues, at least in terms 
> of destructive results, because our highly centralized governments 
> have all engaged in some very oppressive acts. Right now, the bailout 
> looks an awful lot like having the make bricks for the bankers.
>