In yesterday’s posting I wrote about the new age copout – how many who profess to believe in the new age philosophies and the law of attraction cop out when they can’t manifest everything that they want by saying that too much materialism is bad. I think the roots of this argument are actually biblical.
One of the most commonly mis-quoted elements from the bible is that money is the root of all evil. That is not what it says. It says that the desire for money is the root of all evil. It’s not the money that’s evil – it’s wanting and needing money.
The double irony in this is that those with money often dont’ want or need it as much as those who don’t have it, who are constantly living in struggle.
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I would disagree slightly – the Bible I use says it is the “love of money” that is the root of all evil. I don’t think that “wanting or needing money” leads to evil. After all, to live in this workld one does need some amount of money. However, LOVING money – putting it before family, health, God, etc. – that is the root of evil.
You’re absolutely right, El. It is the ‘love of money’ that is cited as the root of evil. I think the point I meant to make is that the Bible doesn’t say that money is evil. Rather it is the ‘love of money’, which I translate to be wanting or needing money. Money isn’t good or evil – it simply is – it’s a tool for exchange, and a very necessary tool in our world.