Is God Using The Credit Crunch To Punish Us?

Is God Using The Credit Crunch To Punish Us? An Anglican bishop thinks so. The Right Reverend Wallace Benn, the Bishop of Lewes in East Sussex, said the credit crunch was God’s way of punishing Britain for being materialistic. He made his controversial assessment in a church newsletter where he also argued that our society has become obsessed with money which has a ‘stanglehold’ on us. The credit crisis has been caused by greed and “God has allowed it for good” he wrote in the newsletter. Read the full story here.

 The Adam Smith Institute think-tank on the other hand critisiced the comments, saying, “Many people who have not worshipped materialism have seen their lives made poorer”

I don’t think God has to specifically punish us with this crisis, it is the law of sowing and reaping that is at play once again. The banks sowed bad lending decisions, consumers sowed over-spending and over-indulgence and we are all reaping the ripple-effects of their harvest. How deep the credit crisis is going to bite is anyone’s guess.

Is there any other reason you think i may have missed out? Make your comments.

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