Which economic system is most Godly?

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[quote="pandabear"]The love of money is certainly the root of capitalism.[/quote

More like the love of production, trade and profit.

ruveyn

Yes, but production, trade and profit are all denominated in terms of currency (such as dollars).

Using a universally accepted trade good (aka money) is an extension of barter. There is nothing essentially new except that a universally accepted trade good simplifies exchanges over a wide variety of goods and services. That is the main advantage of money, but the principle of trade is still there.

ruveyn

I voted pure capitalism but that doesn't seem to be capitalistic enough. God created a world where there is a natural state of haves and have nots where all of creation is in competition with itself or resources food, houses, and mates. Competitive advantage tends to be based entirely on luck, for example; did you get good genes or happen to live in a good place.
That even applies to humans and the gift of Christianity. Only a few people are gifted through the holy spirit or the environment to believe in Jesus in the right way. Everyone else is condemned to an eternity of hell. If you are not a Protestant Evangelical American your chances at heaven are pretty slim indeed. God gives people material blessings it isn't a coincidence that the most godly people on earth (people who believe in the right god in the right way) are also the wealthiest and strongest people on earth.
God would not have created a world where few were gifted to receive God's blessings and most were not if God did not intend the natural state of the world to include a massive divide between those who have God's blessing and those who don't.

And somehow you know who has His blessing and who does not. Right.

ruveyn

I'm sure it was just satire.