Thanks supercat. I’m working on a piece about Matthew 25 right now. Think it gets misappropriated for both sides. The parable of the Sheep and Goats gets misused for socialism and the parable of the talents for capitalism.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m obviously a capitalist if you read my work. But both of those were End Times parables dealing with spiritual matters.
Anyway, thanks for reading and responding.
The Parable of the Talents shouldn't be taken alone as an invitation to engage in an unbridled pursuit of wealth at the expense of other aspects of one's spirituality, but it does suggest that those who are wealthy may very well deserve their wealth, and that those who have little but fail to make use of it don't deserve more. A more substantial point throughout a number of parables is reflected in my tagline. Unlike some of the other "deadly sins", covetousness/envy has no redeeming virtue even in moderation. I wish there were some way to make people realize that while Obama et al. manage to convince people they're supposed to be miserable because "the rich" are oppressing them, the real reason the people are miserable is that Obama et al. have them convinced that they should be.