Comments on God & Mammon: Love of Money...Root of All Evil (Part 2)

Right... I believe that as well. I just wanted to ...

2009-03-18T06:06:00.000-07:00

Right... I believe that as well. I just wanted to check with you since you seem to use the two interchangeably in this post.

Thanks for the post :D

Interesting point on the corporation on a certain ...

2009-03-17T15:49:00.000-07:00

Interesting point on the corporation on a certain level. But i dont think that the sole purpose of the corporation is to make money WITHOUT regard to moral integrity/responsibility. Like a person, the leaders of the corporation can choose their actions to be moral or not. Some corporations give all their profits to charity, while others act like AIG etc...

Joe, back to your question->
Are these the same: Love of money is a root of all kinds of evil and Love of money is the root of all evils? I would say that these couldn't be the same. Evil such as rape would be motivated something other than money.

Ah, but the US Supreme Court has rendered that a U...

2009-03-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

Ah, but the US Supreme Court has rendered that a US Corporation IS to be treated as a PERSON. So who is evil, the corporation, or the Supreme Court? And if they have the rights of a person, shouldn't they be held to the same rigorous laws that people have to suffer. It is not that corporations are inherently evil, it is the principle they must operate and that is MAKE MONEY no matter they result. Just look at the subprime. This is and has brought down the entire world financial system. Will CITI Corp, or AIG, be punished. Was what they did Evil? There should be someway that corporations should be made to operate by the same standards as real people if the law the law is going to consider the real people. Since corporations pass their taxes on to us in the cost of commodities, let us remove the tax, add an value added tax, and then treat corporations for what they really are, a non entity, that have no lobbing right. If the CEO wants to lobby Congress, he can take the money out of his pocket, but not the corporation, since not being taxed, they do not deserve representation. The point being have we legitimized evil by letting corporations operate with the only concern they live by is to make money, whether this commodity produces good or harm. This is just food for thought.

I mean i think that's a slightly misguided example...

2009-03-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

I mean i think that's a slightly misguided example. if a person's sole desire was to make money, then yes, that is evil and sinful. That is the point of the passage, the danger of putting money before God. However, that has little to do with corporations since a corporation is not a person.

Yes, to all those true believers in "The love of m...

2009-03-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

Yes, to all those true believers in "The love of money is the root of all evil", I propose the following: If there is a person who's soul purpose is "money". Would we call that person evil? Well we have done just that! We call that person a corporation. We have determined that a corporation should have all of the rights of a human being. However, the soul purpose of a corporation is to make money, without regard to moral integrity, or community responsibility! So haven't we by creating this human being, created a form of evil? Just a question.

I totally agree with what you're saying. It grieve...

2009-03-13T05:09:00.000-07:00

I totally agree with what you're saying. It grieves my heart knowing that not only are these false teachers being accepted by the church even today, but that they are profiting from it!

One question though... Do you think that it's the same to say:
Love of money is a root of all kinds of evil
and
Love of money is the root of all evils?

just curious... thanks :D

I havent seen this point of view before. The cont...

2007-05-20T16:23:00.000-07:00

I havent seen this point of view before. The context becomes clear. Thank you.