ADMIN

You need to be a member of Command Center to add comments!

Join Command Center

Email me when people reply –

Replies

  • This reply was deleted.
    • My name ís ilona not illona, but then basic respect isn't  part of your makeup!  I haven't commented in days if not a week but you're obsessed with a few people and cant let go!  You really ar3 a sick person!

  • This reply was deleted.
    • Regarding the disparities in the world some may ask, "Or am I missing something?" And the response is yes... 

      They are missing the Love of God for one's fellow man. For, the lusts of the world and the love of power mankind’s bitter nature drives a wedge between man and his brother.  Wars and rumors of wars most often arise out of wanton jealousy and the selfish ambitions of a corrupt heart.  Mankind covets but cannot obtain satisfaction, so he fights and quarrels continuously out of the wanton lusts for things in this world.  The worldly man is never satisfied because he seeks satisfaction in another’s possessions and power.  The natural man wars against his members in a continuous struggle to obtain more…

      Mankind is trapped in a cycle of bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, where disorder and every vile practice rule the day.  But the righteous man (Godly) is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy, and good fruits… He is impartial and sincere.  Know this the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. The Natural Man is at enmity with God and unable to find peace in his own members… Seek God and know Him and His righteousness shall deliver you from this quandary of sorrows and grief.

    • Lopez... 

      A most enlightening and informative post... Our Nation did not arrive where it now stands overnight or without the betrayal of its leadership and institutions

      of capital and government.  Inclusion in 'The New World Order ' appears to be America's destiny as it transitions from a self-governing Republic into a vassal state of The New World Order.

    • An Unjust Balance or Unequal Scale… is an abomination.

       

      Properly functioning Capitalism requires a moral people… just as our Government requires a moral people to operate properly. Is the government in America functioning as it was intended? Why not? The moral compass that once directed our ship of state and sat at the head of commerce has been lost.

       

      A moral people must be guided… by a set of tenants and percepts outside of their own nature; as man’s inhumanity toward man has demonstrated there is no good or moral nature to be found within the man who acts alone. The ‘God of Creation’ and the Judeo/Christian ethic is the moral compass our forefathers chose and the one we need to follow in government and business. It is the Creator that bestows the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It follows, that God’s order (Word/Law) is necessary for the orderly maintenance of these rights.

      When a people deny the Creator’s Law… and reject His guidance, they abandon the Truth and suffer the ills of their own making. Whether, their abandonment be manifested in economic, political, or cultural decay; the sums of their calamity matter little, as the end result is the loss of their liberty. Today, we see the result of a long and deteriorating relationship between God and America.

      Can our Nation retain its founding principles without its Creator… It is not only the government that has strayed… It is the people themselves, and the damage is not only visible in government, but our homes and CORPORATE BOARD ROOMS of America.

      America must return to the standards of equity… and the just scale that God demands in commerce. God’s precepts of equity and justice must once again be the rule for engaging others in commerce and government… In the home and at work… In our schools and organizations… America must return to Nature's Creator if she desires fruit from the Tree of Liberty.

      Capitalism and Democracy are empty shells… which must be filled with the right measure of moral order and purpose, to be instruments of righteousness, and a blessing to the people. Without God at the helm, Capitalism and Democracy soon become shipwrecked in a sea of despair and hopelessness. Where is God in our government and Corporate Board Rooms today? Does God sit in a seat of honor, as Lord, or has Mammon, the love of wealth and power, become lord in America?

      There is no such thing as the separation of Church (God) and State… One's government and religion are the reflections of their faith… What they believe. What image does America reflect in its culture, commerce, and government? Is it the God of Creation? Can America separate God from its government and the engines of her commerce, and still claim to be Christian (God-like, Christ-like)?

      Board rooms and businesses that use an unjust scale or weight… to conduct their commerce, don’t fool God… Equity is not blind nor is a just contract or balance derived by taking undue advantage of others. Godly capitalism EARNS reasonable profits based on value-added… not by the use of one's position, leverage, or raw power to exploit others.

      A Godly people understand… what I’m speaking about. However, the ungodly will never understand that they are ‘their brother's keeper’. They consider windfalls and the exploitation of others justified as the tools of a free market. They don’t see them as an unjust scale or weight.

      God doesn’t support slothfulness in labor… nor is he pleased when the Ox is muzzled. Labor and Capital must find an equitable arrangement where a just reward is earned by each… through an equitable exchange… just weights and measures. When Godly commerce is conducted, both parties are satisfied. This form of Capitalism results in prosperity for all.

      A Capital market… that allows products manufactured at 2 dollars an hour to be marketed where labor costs are 8 times greater is a textbook example of the manipulation and exploitation of markets… geared to achieve an unjust return on investment. Profits earned under these market conditions are not earned through value-added… or a just weight. They are earned through the exploitation of unequal markets and are the tools of GREED and AVARICE. So, are many of the Free Market Treaties and agreements found in the world today.

      It is hypocrisy for the capitalist to point at the socialist… to accuse him of robbery; when he is engaged in the very same act, but by another means. What difference is there between robbing the wage of the poor and unjustly taking the wealth of the rich? Both are WRONG and ungodly acts.

      There can be no moral rationalization or argument that justifies slave wages… Capital that earns an exorbitant profit from labor, through market position, uses a form of unequal balances and weights in their commerce. God is not pleased and the end result is a corrupt system of commerce for all.

      The markets in America are no longer open or free… consumers, small businesses, and new enterprises are forced to compete with immoral business practices that exploit wages and the unregulated marketplaces of the third world. The unethical businessman takes advantage of market forces to achieve market share that is unjustly earned. This makes it difficult for small businesses and labor to obtain an equitable share in the market or just wages. At one time, such market exploitation was corrected through trade laws… and the use of tariffs, duties, and restrictions on imports. These were the champions of small business and labor… engaging a JUST BALANCE in commerce.

      Tariffs, duties, and restrictions on imports are not immoral or anti-trade… they seek to keep commerce on a moral keel. They deny those who would seek to exploit labor and manipulate world markets unregulated access to US Markets. Tariffs, duties, and import restrictions are Constitutional powers permitted to the Federal government… for the regulation of commerce. It is time to reinstate these provisions, to implement there use, wherever the exploitation of unequal markets is used to gain unfair advantages in the US Market.

      These practices were considered both moral and necessary… for the regulation of commerce by our founding fathers. Tariffs, import duties, and restrictions need to be imposed again; as safeguards against the exploitation of markets, and the destruction of American small businesses, and labor… Period

       
      Archived files of interest brought forward
      18 Where are the Shepherds of Israel?   Where are the Shepherds of Israel?   What sayest thou O’ Shepherd…Who seekest thou now, and what favor doth t…
    • Oh my. Where did you get this from, "Properly functioning Capitalism requires a moral people"? This is fundamentally totally wrong. Capitalism doesn't require anything "moral" at all. Capitalism requires each actor to maximize their own utility, not society's, not someone else's.

    • PROPERLY FUNCTIONING CAPITALISM IS NOT FEUDALISM... Moral Capitalism (Godly Commerce) uses a just measure and equal scale when conducting a commercial exchange.  In a system of moral capitalism, both Labor and Capital are satisfied and benefit from their commercial enterprise.

      Capitalism is an economic system that permits private individuals to own and control businesses, property, and capital—the “means of production...  Capitalism can be a moral or immoral system ... An economic system that engages commercial enterprise with a moral conscience or one which chooses to operate from an immoral or ungodly position... FEUDALISM is the pinnacle of capitalism... Feudal systems and markets are managed to keep the feudal lords in power and the rest of humanity as their indentured servants. We are rapidly seeing the US economy become a feudal economy with a feudal system of government... a few very wealthy men and women operating as a new age aristocracy... governing us as feudal lords.

      When commenting try to avoid Ad Hominem attacks... Address the substance of the writer's post, not your anger or lack of substantive rebuttal.

    • Ronald, where is the ad hominem attack? - A lengthier statement of the same error doesn't make it any more right. Again, capitalism requires each actor to maximize their own utility, not society's, not someone else's. On the other hand, socialism aims to satisfy an elusive utilty of an entire society, which has never worked. Socialism uses morality to keep people in line. In capitalism labor and capital negotiate for their respective benefits and gains. No morality, no labor unions, no intrustive government, etc, all of which you find in socialism. End of story.

       

    • In a rebuttal to my comment that there is a moral component to capitalism, you stated: "Ronald knows for sure that there is a moral component to capitalism, while I think there isn't. If there was a moral component to it, how would it show itself? How would it be implemented?   My response to that assertion is threefold:

      1.) Reread what I posted... and note that the UNGODLY will not understand that Godly or moral capitalism requires man's commerce to conform with God's moral code for life and commerce, as contained in His Word.  The Scriptures contain thousands of references for the conduct of moral capitalism.  However, there are a few basics that establish the core precepts for engaging in moral capitalism.

      2) There are three basic precepts for conducting Godly Capitalism...

      • Godly commerce uses an equal measure and just scale...  clever marketing schemes and leveraged advantages that do not add real value to the market are not used to increase one's profits.
      • Godly Capitalism reaps only where it has sown...  It takes only its earned portion of any increase from a transaction. Godly or moral Commerce doesn't take profit simply because it can or where it has not ADDED REAL VALUE to the marketplace.
      • In Godly or moral capitalism all parties in a commercial transaction are satisfied and benefit equitably from the commercial exchange.

      3) The ungodly are unable to understand... the moral obligation man has to God and others for the conduct of their lives... including their commercial enterprise and capital ventures.

    • If I understand you correctly, you propose a religious authority to design a "moral capitalism" using "God's moral code for life and commerce, as contained in His Word". Further, this same authority will oversee its correct implementation, it will supervise its correct functioning, it will reward and sanction participants according to the authority's assement of each participants moral contribution to this kind of capitalism. If you want to summarize it, you basically propose a theocracy based on the Scriptures. Is that right?

    • True to form... more Ad Hominem attacks and personal insults than actual substance or definitive rebuttal.   Grow up... didn't your mother teach you that sticks and stones may break my bones but names never hurt me... try actual debate and meaningful rebuttal... rather than Ad Hominem attacks.

This reply was deleted.