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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I doubt that I've confused you! I suppose you're trying to be literal about the meaning of a Ponzi scheme.
In this case, the Pope (and/or his predecessors) is/are the "first investor" and the subscribing flock are the existing/renewable flock. Then there is whatever the Catholic church invests in so as to grow its riches.
Generally, peops know what I mean.
The CoE is another such Ponzi scheme - perhaps even more so.
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No, I think he’s just assumed that English words have a natural meaning and that you wouldn’t be daft enough to invent different definitions that only you know anything about.
A Ponzi scheme is a Ponzi scheme. The word means what it means. Your only get-out here is to claim you were using it as a metaphor but in that case, the thing you’re referring to has still got to be demonstrably similar in some way or else the metaphor doesn’t work.
Thus far, it doesn’t work.