IF Money is the ROOT of EVIL, Then Why Use It Seeing What It Does To People?
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Sorry nope,Jesus was getting to the heart of the matter which is greed. Socialism will promote a model in which many who WILL not get off their butt to be provided for which does go against scripture. It was also written if any man WILL NOT WORK neither shall shall he eat. No where does Jesus ever promote that one is to be provided for with all the little trinkets.
Jesus only spoke on the basic needs of life. Food,clothing,shelter,water and transportation. And Jesus also put it on a PERSONAL level,not a business or governmental level. If YOU SEE a person that is hungry YOU feed him,if you see a person that has no cloak and you have two YOU give him one etc,etc. He was speaking to many that had businesses,fishermen etc.
Try reading what I said again. All I said was Jesus did not promote socialism or capitalism. He was taking about loving ones neighbors as one's self. And again where did I say all that were not working were lazy? I said it promotes some to do so,not all. It goes to the heart of the matter it's greed and neither socialism or capitalism will change that. It's a matter of the heart.
"WRONG- WRONG. YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!! [And I secretly love telling u that]." Lol! None of ya actually do what Jesus said, but are all too happy to insist otherwise.
Oh the huge flaw in insisting that by no other name can humanity be saved. And The Father thereby default is the lesser salvation??? LMFAO. The Father, The LORD alone does the thing. Not the son. Again, only ONE is both birthless and deathless- eternal. And it's not the son, who dies in the flesh like all other humans. Jesus was an actual person, no different than anyone. And the Christian cannot tolerate the notion. The Crucifixion means nothing if Jesus were not just a regular human being who had to learn and make mistakes- to suffer. And Christianity cannot tolerate the notion.
My rebirth process over the course of several weeks did that automatically. I was ripped from the inside out, felt I was losing my mind. No longer myself. Many times felt THEY were just going to take me then and there. Not very comforting at all- initially. Then life got better than I ever dreamed possible. A THEY, but THEY are ONE as no other force of intelligence exists in the Universe.
M
Money is neutral, it's paper and metal.. the quote is 'The LOVE of money....'' note its our attraction to it, our wanting to keep and hoard it that leads to evil.
We use money because its the ultimate bartering tool, instead of swapping a few sheep for you building me a shed, and having to match someone up who wants sheep, and someone who wants a carpenter, we use money, which can be bartered (in exchange for ) for almost any kind of service or material thing.
Malby.
We use money because its the ultimate bartering tool, instead of swapping a few sheep for you building me a shed, and having to match someone up who wants sheep, and someone who wants a carpenter, we use money, which can be bartered (in exchange for ) for almost any kind of service or material thing.
Malby.
Seems you are asking for too much...
"Jihaaaaaaaaaaad!!!" But as per Muhammad's command, I engage the Greater Jihad (Noble internal struggle) rather than the Lesser Jihad (outward conflict/war/violence) to achieve the desired goal. And Christianity is informed with mostly lies about true Islam. And those who fear Sharia Law can influence our Constitution are naively clueless. Recall separation of Church & State?But Sharia Law could happen here anyway? Lol. We The People, not We The Christians is the call. And now you think I'm some twisted Muslim trying to mess with u or something of the sort. But what of The Baha'i Faith that emerged from the most violent leg of Islam in 1864, Shi'a. Yet are more non-violent and Christian-like than most Christians. C'mon, let's hear all about how wise you are now. Think u believe in God now? Man, u ain't seen nothing yet!
This all winds up being a Reality, not a Religion. A Science, as it were. God is actually somehow in the "Dark Matter" of the Universe as something actually physically there in a very unnervingly real sense. Like A Super-Massive Human-like Mind that somehow lives forever in the Universe without a biological brain via flesh as we know and can accept as true. So I know though it's not a reality as we know here and now, life is indeed eternal and we all go back to that same Source of life we see as death, the absence of what we accept as life by evidence. My experience in 1999 caused a psychological Supernova of sorts in mind I cannot describe. And the more I tell of it, the more arrogant I'll likely sound.
M
Yes I agree, but its the LOVE of money that keeps these homes empty money of itself isn't (and never was) the problem, sinful wasteful people are.
Let's not blame money because we are without love of one another. Why not take this one step further.. why do we have computers and internet connections when people are starving in the world ? .. because we are utterly sinful (and fall short of the generosity God requires) and no one does what is right.. now That's our real problem.
Malby
Let's not blame money because we are without love of one another. Why not take this one step further.. why do we have computers and internet connections when people are starving in the world ? .. because we are utterly sinful (and fall short of the generosity God requires) and no one does what is right.. now That's our real problem.
Malby
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In converting value to, "money" the trust behind it relies on a system that keeps it viable legal tender for all debts public and private. Very difficult to enforce or sustain for a host of reasons. Until of late it's certainly been necessary to facilitate commerce exchange efficiency for everyone. But we have to remember that those dollars represents the hard work of other long before it got into your hands. Money cannot be hoarded at the top as we see today, but has to timely circulate through the populace like blood through the body. Only temporary, money is a vehicle for the nation's advancement to a point only. The trouble is in how it's perceived as a viable race that many run after, but only a very select few can ever realize the prize, so to speak. Never enough goody to go around, and so it should be? Liberty and justice for all? So many 'ponderizations' to engage, so little time.
Adam, Noah, Abraham... The Bible says all sorts of things that extend the notion beyond Isaac. It's not the word of God, but of human beings who had a revelation. God does not speak nor have a mouth. Doesn't need anything of the sort. But such is how the distortion of The Living God has occurred. Had to start somewhere with Neanderthals and the like. Then once a whole different reality exists from what was for thousands of years, the former passes away and is no longer needed. No big deal in the sense most would conclude. A New Earth needs a New Heaven to suit the condition accordingly.