Monday, November 16, 2009

I love people who don't mince words

Context: ridiculously wealthy bankers defending their excessive wealth as the work of the Gospel.


"Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, told the Sunday Times of London he is 'doing God’s work.' And Goldman international advisor Brian Griffiths was even more explicit in aligning his work in high finance to the 'message' of the Gospels: 'The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest,' Mr. Griffiths was reported as saying. 'We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieving greater prosperity and opportunity for all.'

"...Evangelical Christian thinker Alan Jacobs, author of Original Sin, which looks at the reason for inherent evil in the world, was quoted as saying 'I consider the view of those British bankers to be one giant steaming pile of pure unadulterated s---...Those a--holes should read Ezekiel 34 — but of course they won’t think it applies to them.'"

Beautiful.


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