Red State Economics?

Posted on May 1, 2006 in Class Reading

Receiving bread from us, they will see clearly that we take the bread made by their hands from them, to give it to them, without any miracle. They will see that we do not change the stones to bread, but in truth they will be more thankful for taking it from our hands than for the bread itself!

Dostoevsky
The Grand Inquisitor

For those who have never read this gem, the Grand Inquisitor is explaining to Christ how the Church/State have corrected the Gospels. The Church, explains the Inquisitor, has found wisdom in Satan’s admonition to change stones into bread.