[thomasfl]

Protestantism and capitalism is basically the same idea. Greed is, for lack of a better word, good.

[smcin]

No, Mainline Protestant [0] churches don't aggressively seek publicity and converts, compared to evangelicals [1]. Neither do Catholics.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Protestant

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism#Terminology

[etna_ramequin]

Luther’s 95 theses literally condemn « indulgences » as promoting greed… I assume you were making a reference to Weber’s work (the Protestant ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism), which happened a few centuries later and has been heavily criticised and nuanced since.

[cryu]

He's riffing on the famous Gordon Gekko quote from "Wall Street".

[antnisp]

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