Does anyone have resources for giving a local talk on bitcoin for interested folks at my church? Specifically looking for handouts or outlines to work from. Thanks in advance!
Discussion
Don't taint the church with Mammon
Did you know the Holy Scriptures have more to say about money than almost any other single topic? God is God over not only our Sundays but our weekdays too.
There’s a biblical case to be made for bitcoin, for a free market, etc.
Indeed there is! This get's into my thesis 'On Labor and Trade' in addition to my 'Considering Bitcoin' paper shared elsewhere in this thread.
Christ commands us to love our neighbor, and that command ought to permeate not only our personal but also professional lives, and so includes commerce. Love, if it should exist, must be free, for it is compulsion otherwise. Therefore, commerce in a Christian paradigm must be free, that is at liberty and voluntary.
As for money, it is a representation of the good one does for one's neighbor, and so is in essence information. To create money without work, some benefit to society, is to de facto lie, for possessing money says one has done good when he has not.
My Thesis 'On Labor and Trade':
https://courses.fresheyesinc.com/e-book/on-labor-and-trade-a-sacramental/
I shall read both this evening. Thanks for sharing.
https://bitcoinandthebible.com/ might be a good start, but no hand outs per say. Probably could work something up based on their material. I found it very helpful (the podcast).
Ooh! New podcast to binge 🤙
Actually, I wrote one! It's a methodical approach to considering Bitcoin from philosophical, moral, technological, and practical standpoints in a Christian/Catholic worldview.
Nostr version:
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Web version (with printable PDF download):
https://courses.fresheyesinc.com/e-book/considering-bitcoin/
I also recommend the book “The Ethics of Money Production”
What country are you in?
This is not Bitcoin, but prabably the most solid case for sound money around.
https://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/Money,_Freedom,_and_the_Bible,_John_Robbins.mp3
And then when all else fails pray Psalms 135