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global1

(26,507 posts) Mon Nov 16, 2015, 12:29 PM Nov 2015

"Money Is The Root Of All Evil"..... [View all]

I put this old adage out there for discussion as it seems apropos in light of the economic issues surrounding many of the problems that we face here in the U.S. and around the world.

I guess I'd like to hear what others think about this. Have at it folks!!!!!

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"Money Is The Root Of All Evil"..... [View all] global1 Nov 2015 OP

All evil? jeepers Nov 2015 #1

Love of money is the root of all evil. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #2

+1 Money is not the issue - it is the LOVE of it (and loving the power that it brings) which is jonno99 Nov 2015 #5

Leave it to an agnostic to get the adage right n/t malthaussen Nov 2015 #13

Well, I would think Malthusian know that adage Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #16

A critical distinction. DirkGently Nov 2015 #15

Individualism, and the ideology of individual success plays into the whole reverence of wealth Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #17

Let's test that theory. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #3

haha GummyBearz Nov 2015 #6

Not money--the LOVE of money. Greed. Avarice. There's where your problem lies. MADem Nov 2015 #4

Can't Buy Me Love :) pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #7

Gimme Some Money Throd Nov 2015 #11

I'll see your "Can't Buy Me Love" and raise you "Money" malthaussen Nov 2015 #14

Civilization is a resource concentration mechanism The2ndWheel Nov 2015 #8

The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Throd Nov 2015 #9

I thought evil was the root of all money. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2015 #10

I've heard that the lack of money -- poverty -- is the root of all evil whathehell Nov 2015 #12

No. I'd say that it is more like a crucible. Shandris Nov 2015 #20

Just as the original sin was not "Sex", but the Fear of being exposed in public... haele Nov 2015 #18

Selfishness is the root of all evil � which includes greed and bigotry. cpwm17 Nov 2015 #19