Topic: What does the bible say about Bitcoin? - page 13. (Read 18366 times)

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Keeping people from buying and selling was nearly impossible in Bible days, but we see it now with Visa, Mastercard and PayPal blocking whoever they don't like.

That's actually a very common misquotation of the verse in 1 Timothy 6:10, which started with a poor translation under King James...

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."  -King James

But a much more accurate translation is this....

"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows."  -New Living Translation

The latter is a better translation into more modern English.  There are many independent translations that come up with pretty much the same take on things. http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/6-10.htm

To put it another way, to love money is the source of a great many evils that men commit against one another, but it's not quite the only cause.  However, the very nature of money does not make it evil, nor is the possession of money alone a sin.

I was raised Catholic, my wife was Protestant.  We get along fine.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

+1 lets leave god out of bitcoin.

Separation of church and everything else in life. If you want to follow some millionaire king ie, the pope, then go for it. Remember when kings thought they were put in charge by god? All churches are corrupt. If you want to believe in God by yourself then all the power to you but don't force your stupid ideas upon the rest of us. Sorry for bumping this obvious troll thread /rant

I am going to give you a non ignorant non ridiculing answer to your question sense you asked in sincerity and people mocked what you asked.

The bible does teach that the root of all evil is money. That says people will commit horrible acts to get money.
Greed is also against the bible. If a person is spending every day worrying about getting more bitcoins then yes that is greed. As it stands if you are just doing this for fun or you want to get a little bit of profit you still have to know how to set up rigs run scripts so it takes a matter of skill so it isn't your not really gambling your not taking other peoples money as a loss to them. They are willfully giving you money in exchange for their bitcoins. Just like a stock market or gold or silver people see it to you when you buy so they can make a profit and you can perhaps hold on to it tell you can make a profit of what you sold. What does your conscience tell you if your conscience tell you it's bad then you shouldn't do it cause that is your best guide regardless of what I say or anyone else says. Bottom line is this if your going to devout your time to bitcoin instead of God then bitcoin would be against what the bible says but this is also with anything else that one does in life. You have to remember something even Jesus had to use currency to buy things BTC is a currency maybe not as structural as say the dollar but it is still a currency anything can be bad if it is used for a bad purpose. A lot of bad people give BTC a bad name but it doesn't have to be that way. I look at it like this I am spending money to make money  as an investment but I am not going to let it dominate my whole life. Who knows it could even replace government regulated currency someday so you will end up using it anyways to live.

You know this thread is actually funny when people actually get in to it, like that Kindle and Genesis block joke... It gets *less* funny when everyone raises pitchforks because they can't stand hearing anything about religion. -_-

I 'm surprised that this thread isn't already 100 pages long. I mean there isn't a most certain way for an endless thread than mentioning god or bible or christ in the title.

You might get a discount on the donkey thing, if you do it several times and you are really into it.

R. Crumb's book? I have read Richard Dawkins and his Flying Spaghetti Monster, but I don't know about Crumb's book.

EDIT: Ok, Genesis, I got it.

Genesis Block

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Genesis 47:15

The old money in Egypt had failed. There was now a new money: grain. It had the characteristic features of money. It was divisible, portable, easily recognized, and had high market value in relation to volume and weight. In normal times, grain lacks this fourth feature. But in a famine, it temporarily gains it. This is why, during famines, grain is money. This is why those who possess it wind up wealthy, assuming they are not killed.

"You can't eat gold." I used to hear that one from people who ridiculed the gold standard. But this is not a good argument against gold. It is an argument in favor of food. Not only can't you eat gold, you can't paper money and plastic credit cards, either. When food is short, money is no longer valuable in comparison to food. Money cannot sustain life. Food can. The forecasts of the Egyptians had been incorrect. They had kept their money rather than buying up food the previous season to store it. Joseph’s forecast had been correct. This put him in charge of Egypt’s future.

But what if the Egyptians had heard about Joseph’s dream and interpretation? What if all of them had believed the story? Their money would have failed the previous year. Had they all gone out to buy up the crop, they would have found that their competitive bids raised the price of grain. This price increase would not have been so radical as it was the following year, when there was a drastic reduction of the grain supply, but it would have been sufficient to turn grain into money.

http://reformed-theology.org/ice/newslet/bet/bet97.08.htm


Who own the BTC ?

Q. Can I convert one currency in my wallet (e.g. EUR) into another currency (e.g. USD) in another wallet?

A. No, it is not possible to convert EUR to USD directly from one wallet to another as Mt.Gox is not a currency exchange

Q. What is the exchange rate used?

A. The European Central Bank's daily exchange rate is used.

https://support.mtgox.com/entries/20800336-Multi-Currency-Trading

Blame The Banker not Bitcoin.

It claims that they found references to 9/11. I didn't find it very compelling myself, but they do talk alot about codes, decryption, computing and other kinds of modernish stuff.

No, but it is less likely you would go to heaven if you own more of it 

Nope. Should I?

But did you read the sequel?

I've read that Bible Code book and it seems to "predict" anything the author wants it to.



This is one piece of literature where I recommend it's ok to judge a book by its cover.

I'd be surprised that fucking a donkey would even be a sin after reading the Old Testament.

I got R. Crumb's book as a gift a while ago which is the main reason I know a little bit of the content.

Don't worry, the Bible endorses bitcoin for repentance purposes: I believe taking the name of the Lord your God in vain costs you 4.5 bitcoins, while fucking a donkey is 0.8 bitcoins.

Epic thread! I would love to know if OP is actually serious.

It is very similar to hawala.

Satoshi appears as a bible code in genesis , 3 times.... thats proof enough for me
http://www.divinecoders.com/index.php?keyword=satoshi&book=1