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Please.
Deuteronomy 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. Deuteronomy 23:20 Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.[18]
Originally posted by BobM88
I have no idea if its true, but I've read that far back in history, Jews were among the few people that could actually read and write, so they tended to end up with the "important" jobs, like banker, etc.
Originally posted by new_here
I'm not sure if this has been brought up before or not, but one point of contention throughout history, is that Jews are prohibited from charging interest on a loan to other Jews. They are permitted to charge interest to Gentiles on a loan.
Deuteronomy 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. Deuteronomy 23:20 Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.[18]
There was a time in history, when Christians were prohibited from charging interest on a loan. Since there was 'nothing to be gained' they refrained from loaning money. This niche was filled by Jewish people, who were under no such prohibition (in terms of lending to Gentiles for interest.)
It is not difficult to see how the money base in a country might gradually begin to sway towards the Jewish community (since they were charging interest to everyone EXCEPT other Jewish people, and the only people allowed to receive interest on a loan were Jewish.) I believe this very fact might be part of the underlying contention. Just a thought.
To this day, Jews are not supposed to charge interest to other Jews.
www.jewishvaluesonline.org...
edit on 12/4/2012 by new_here because: (no reason given)
and the latter is a battle between those whop try to escape this matrix
It is not difficult to see how the money base in a country might gradually begin to sway towards the Jewish community (since they were charging interest to everyone EXCEPT other Jewish people, and the only people allowed to receive interest on a loan were Jewish.) I believe this very fact might be part of the underlying contention. Just a thought.
Originally posted by Putyournamehere
Well it seems pretty obvious. Unethical business practice. People have a tendency to lump a couple hacks in with the whole group, thus the hate begins.
Originally posted by new_here
I'm not sure if this has been brought up before or not, but one point of contention throughout history, is that Jews are prohibited from charging interest on a loan to other Jews. They are permitted to charge interest to Gentiles on a loan.
Originally posted by BobM88
I have no idea if its true, but I've read that far back in history, Jews were among the few people that could actually read and write, so they tended to end up with the "important" jobs, like banker, etc.
Originally posted by SpaDe_
...Also why are Jewish people so sensitive about everything? It seems like every time you say anything that is even remotely derogatory against a Jewish person even if it has nothing to do with them being Jewish you are immediately being anti semitic.