EcoGEOS > Is it ok for a Christian to invest in "Vice Stocks"? Part 2
[Bible Money Matters] There is a straightforward reason for that: In my view, regular non-SRI mutual funds are acceptable investment vehicles, even though they may, on occasion, hold objectionable companies in their portfolios. The important stewardship issue for me is that I don't directly involve myself with morally questionable enterprises in the four areas mentioned earlier—my work, my spending, my investing, and my giving...
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[xigi.net] Maybe SRI investors should settle for lower returns - and more ...: Among those making the case for a new investor mind-set is Wayne Silby, who in the mid-1970s founded Calvert, which is now the nation’s largest family of SRI mutual funds. At a November meeting of private equity investors in Boston, he argued that socially motivated businesses too often struggle without sufficient capital because would-be investors think too narrowly about risk-adjusted returns.
[the evangelical outpost] Thirty Three Things (v. 53): Indeed, just as we can barely tell the difference between eighteenth-century political factions from our vantage point, I doubt people living a century from now would see much difference between two Western, English-speaking, political, Christian, millionaire, media-savvy, and pro-capitalist-magazine owning figures such as William F. Buckley and Bono (Buckley having owned National Review, Bono owning a portion of Forbes -- a reminder that his divinely-inspired long-term plan for saving the world probably doesn't involve communism, fortunately).
[Sets 'n' Service] Blog Review of Tim Kellers “The Reason For God” - Chapter by chapter.: “The fact is, the statement made by most educated Biblical scholars, including this book, is basically “there is no real evidence, but its got some good ideas in it, so I believe it”.” refers not specifically to the resurrection package, but general Christian apologetics. You have an unstudied crowd that makes claimes like plenary inspiration, or young Earth creationism or what have you - then you have actual scholars who will admit that the Bible does have errors, the historical record is suspect and faith for the most part is what ties all the loose ends together.
[Oaxlaurencecarl's Weblog] STD Vaccinations Aid Global Child Sex Traffic?: The UN Rights Convention, formally adopted in 1990, is still unratified by the United States and Samolia.It is of some concern that this document was approved by The Holy See, although certainly with reservations.“[A]cceding to the Convention…[does not commit the Holy See] to abdicating “its specific mission which is of a religious and moral character.”
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