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In reply to the discussion: Tea party activist: ‘Jesus Christ is weeping in heaven’ over pope’s criticism of capitalism' [View all]stopbush
(24,396 posts)as being business as usual.
My point in comparing it to a modern hospital flower/gift shop was that such shops typically extract a premium price for the services and goods they offer, usually to people who are susceptible to allowing themselves to being gouged as 1. the shop is the only option in the hospital, and 2. the customer is often mentally distracted by worry over the person for whom they're purchasing the flowers. People accept it as business as usual.
BTW - the second link I provided which dealt with the selling of animals for sacrifice was a bit biased against the sellers and was obviously written by a Xian whose learned worldview tends to make any "foe" of Xianity appear in the worst light possible. If one looks at Jesus overturning the tables from the point of view of the businessmen Jesus attacked, you might think "what the fuck??"