Liiakasuvõtmisest ja intressist läbi religiooniprisma

Viha toodab viha. Vale toodab valet ja varastamine varastamist.
Ärastamise ülistamine toodab ärastamise ühiskonna.
Kahjuks on selle juured selles hetkes, kui hakati lubama intressi lihtlabase laenamise eest*. Laenamine tegevusena ei tooda mingit lisandväärtust ja seega on ka suuremas osas tagasinõudmine õigustamatu.

* Algselt oli kristlikus usus intressiküsimine surmapatt.
"The love of money is the root of all evil." (Timothy 6:10)
" [Jesus said], 'If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give [it] to one from whom you will not get it back." (Gospel St Thomas, V95)

Sama kehtib hinduismi ja budaismi kohta.
"hypocritical ascetics are accused of practising it"
(History of Usury Prohibition).

Sikhismis on intressi võtmine võrdsustatud järgmiselt
"To grasp what is another's is as evil as pig's flesh to the Muslim and cow's flesh to the Hindu. The Teacher shall intercede for his follower, only when he has not eaten carrion."
(Adi Granth, Var Majh, M.1, p. 141)

Taoism ütleb järgmist:
"Banish skill, discard profit, And thieves and robbers will disappear."
[ Ch. 19]

Islam on väga karm
"If someone comes to you for a loan, he comes out of need. If I loan you money and I find that you have difficulty paying me back, Islam encourages me to forgive the debt. God will reimburse me."

Judaismis aga on keelatud küsida intressi teiselt judaistilt. Muu-usuliselt aga mitte !!!!
"Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it."
Chapter 23, verse 20