B. Nathaniel Sullivan #fundie #wingnut #mammon wordfoundations.com

Taking one by one the concepts Nash mentions, we observed,

1. Capitalism, which Nash rightly contends “is not economic anarchy,” is maintained in the context of an ordered freedom that Scripture upholds and makes possible.
2. The “voluntary relationships” and the voluntary involvement of individuals that make capitalism work are antithetical to government orchestration of private decisions and actions. Scripture affirms personal freedom in the economic realm.
3. A free enterprise economic model rests on the principle that people have “inherent human rights” consistent with their having been created by God “in His image.”
4. In the context of a free market economy, workers and supervisors, buyers and sellers, producers and consumers—all who participate—can act to fulfill the cultural commission God gave the human race in Genesis 1:28.
5. Both capitalism and Scripture affirm the individual sovereignty of human beings, including “the right to make decisions.”
6. “The right to be free” also is an integral part of free enterprise—and a right upheld in God’s Word.

Let’s continue. We have four more items to consider.

Seventh, “the right to hold property” is an inherent human right that is essential if the free enterprise system is going to work. We see the right to own and manage one’s property throughout Scripture. Most notably, we see it embedded in the Ten Commandments. “You shall not steal,” the Eighth Commandment, and “You shall not covet,” the Tenth Commandment, are clear affirmations of property rights. Note carefully how the Tenth Commandment reads in its entirety:

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s (emphases added).

How many possessive nouns and pronouns do we see in this commandment? Seven, and the seventh is all-inclusive.

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