Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Adblock Plus: what would Jesus do?
Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Adblock Plus: what would Jesus do?. While I agree with most of Nick's analysis I am not necessarily convinced that Jesus would be anti-market or anti-advertising. The hidden premise here being that Jesus was the "original socialist." A more plausible argument is that Jesus might have believed in a "less Darwinian market" but the basic workings of supply and demand and a free and open marketplace are not necessarily, or even probably, inconsistent with the kind of Christianity espoused by Lord himself--including marketing and advertising (i.e. marketing and advertising are NOT evil). Granted I am far from an expert on these matters, so consider the source.
I completely agree with you here. I think the Christ would be more concerned with are you taking care of the poor rather than what type of market economy a country has. Both can be abused, and allow people to be marginalized
Posted by: Steven Leyva | September 19, 2007 at 12:17 PM
I completely agree with you here. I think the Christ would be more concerned with are you taking care of the poor rather than what type of market economy a country has. Both can be abused, and allow people to be marginalized
Posted by: Steven Leyva | September 19, 2007 at 12:17 PM