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Stargleamer

(2,777 posts)
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 09:30 PM Nov 2024

"For the love of money is the root of all evil" - 1 Timothy 6:10 - King James Version, and yet. . .

Bezos and Musk accumulate billions and billions without much criticism from American Christians, and even more it's never enough. Truly that should be considered "love of money".

Whereas others have something they will never have: "enough":



NO LIMIT INDEED!!!

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"For the love of money is the root of all evil" - 1 Timothy 6:10 - King James Version, and yet. . . (Original Post) Stargleamer Nov 2024 OP
We are living through a weird version of Chaucer. ananda Nov 2024 #1
But the Prosperity Gospel took over decades ago Maeve Nov 2024 #2
"it's never enough" Dave Bowman Nov 2024 #3
Just reminded me of this song Ilikepurple Nov 2024 #4

ananda

(35,500 posts)
1. We are living through a weird version of Chaucer.
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 09:48 PM
Nov 2024

Trump as the Pardoner -- Radix malorum est cupiditas.

Jimmy Carter as the Plowman -- a truly good man.

The Wife of Bath -- Let the woman be the boss.

Joe Biden -- The Knight

And so on.

Maeve

(43,489 posts)
2. But the Prosperity Gospel took over decades ago
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 09:57 PM
Nov 2024

Blessed are the rich, for they shall have power.....
But I say to you, they have their reward.
When I realized preaching and living were two totally different things, I left all churches. God is not in the words, but in the Spirit

Dave Bowman

(7,444 posts)
3. "it's never enough"
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 10:04 PM
Nov 2024

It's the most destructive form of addiction there is. To that level it's pathological, IMHO.

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