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The Love Of Money Is Idol Worshipping
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<blockquote data-quote="Estrid" data-source="post: 75737004" data-attributes="member: 433007"><p>Ok, I will bite. First to say, that I inherited</p><p>well. I have no need to work. I dont care for</p><p>the life of a tai tai, though, so, I do work.</p><p></p><p>It is fun, an intellectual challenge, and,</p><p>oh, its like chess. I get pretty intense! When it</p><p>works out, the money is sort ofa marker, I don't</p><p>rush out to buy a Birkin or a Porsche.</p><p>I'm not very materialistic anyway, so say</p><p>I dress down etc, as anyone chooses. I am</p><p>indifferent to that.</p><p></p><p>To specific points</p><p>I don't "love" money. The very idea makes no sense to me.</p><p>I have a fair measure of safety and security because I can buy it.</p><p>A poor person gets no evident safety from belief in God, do they?</p><p>But the poor live at greater physical risk.</p><p></p><p>Love, happiness. Nope, can't buy love, cannot buy</p><p>happiness though money can certainly can facilitate</p><p>some happinrss! As well as security nd happiness for others.</p><p></p><p>Say I invest in a housing development. Jobs,</p><p>better places to live..those mean something. </p><p>If I am poor, I am powerless.</p><p>Not long ago I sent our maid back to</p><p>Philippines with cash I gave her, gave her,</p><p>to start a business there. Makes me feel good,</p><p>and an enormous benefit to her family!</p><p></p><p>Two masters. Money is far from my master. It's my tool.</p><p>I recognize no "master". I'm no slave.</p><p></p><p>Bible principles- sure, some of them. None that</p><p>involve God, whose existence i don't accept .</p><p>But much of the folk wisdom expressed-don't</p><p>steal, don't kill, honour parents, to name three,</p><p>those are things we are taught not as religious</p><p>mandates but as integral to life.</p><p></p><p>They are very 'worldly" principles, essential</p><p>to a smoothly functioning just and equitable society. </p><p>There is certainly no either/ or, and no biblical</p><p>monopoly on them.Q</p><p></p><p>Finally, on temporary things.</p><p>What I do has great potential for a ripple effect</p><p>on far more people than myself, and down</p><p>through generations- not temporary at all!</p><p></p><p>For me to just focus on myself and some possible</p><p>future life seems to me wasteful, self centered,</p><p>self indulgent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estrid, post: 75737004, member: 433007"] Ok, I will bite. First to say, that I inherited well. I have no need to work. I dont care for the life of a tai tai, though, so, I do work. It is fun, an intellectual challenge, and, oh, its like chess. I get pretty intense! When it works out, the money is sort ofa marker, I don't rush out to buy a Birkin or a Porsche. I'm not very materialistic anyway, so say I dress down etc, as anyone chooses. I am indifferent to that. To specific points I don't "love" money. The very idea makes no sense to me. I have a fair measure of safety and security because I can buy it. A poor person gets no evident safety from belief in God, do they? But the poor live at greater physical risk. Love, happiness. Nope, can't buy love, cannot buy happiness though money can certainly can facilitate some happinrss! As well as security nd happiness for others. Say I invest in a housing development. Jobs, better places to live..those mean something. If I am poor, I am powerless. Not long ago I sent our maid back to Philippines with cash I gave her, gave her, to start a business there. Makes me feel good, and an enormous benefit to her family! Two masters. Money is far from my master. It's my tool. I recognize no "master". I'm no slave. Bible principles- sure, some of them. None that involve God, whose existence i don't accept . But much of the folk wisdom expressed-don't steal, don't kill, honour parents, to name three, those are things we are taught not as religious mandates but as integral to life. They are very 'worldly" principles, essential to a smoothly functioning just and equitable society. There is certainly no either/ or, and no biblical monopoly on them.Q Finally, on temporary things. What I do has great potential for a ripple effect on far more people than myself, and down through generations- not temporary at all! For me to just focus on myself and some possible future life seems to me wasteful, self centered, self indulgent. [/QUOTE]
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