0 sats \ 10 replies \ @026180d3a3 18 Apr \ on: B.Caplan on Why Religious Beliefs Are Irrational, and Why Economists Should Care econ
Religious beliefs explain economic behavior. See also, Golden Calves/idol worship. Hence, economic beliefs are irrational and are divorced from reality and are a type of delusion.
My apologies I am a bit slow today. Could you maybe expand on what you mean?
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The markets are driven by artificial sacrifice that corresponds dimly to religious holidays/observance. This is so because these markets are serving money as an idol and are making it their "God". That is a delusion, of course. Therefore, economics is the shadow of the religious, not the other way around.
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Messiah deliberately denounces and attacks the money changers. Your theory doesn't fit the facts.
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Most of that can be distilled down to "Rome". However, the Crusades were both ideological and financial.
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Financial was second. Having the Moors in control of the Holy Land was unacceptable.