My favorite is - "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest." - Exodus 22:25
Funny how you RARELY hear about that one.
God, if only. *ahem* I said, GOD, if only!
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FlyingSquid 18 points 3 years ago
That's one of the reasons a lot of Medieval kingdoms kept Jews around despite despising and occasionally massacring them- they could make loans. Of course, that's where the "Jewish banker" antisemitic trope came from.
feedum_sneedson 4 points 3 years ago
Isn't that passage lifted directly from the torah, though? Why doesn't everybody abide by it? Islam isn't too keen on interest either, as I recall. It is a peculiar thing.
psysop 7 points 3 years ago
The key is 'to one of my people' here. You can charge interest, just not to your fellow countryman.
Edited to add: There is more far nuance to this than I'm familiar with, but I'm pretty sure that's the basic idea.
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If only that same text said something about not committing adultery or theft or being covetous...
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