For the love of money is the root of all evil,.... Of all the evils before mentioned, and of others; not money itself, as silver and gold, which are God's creatures, and his gifts, and may be used to, and answer many good purposes; but the love of it, and not any love of it; for there may be a lawful love of it, and desire after it, so far as it is requisite to the necessaries of life, to answer the calls of Providence, the duties we owe to God and men, to serve the interest of Christ, and do good to fellow creatures and fellow Christians: but it is an immoderate insatiable desire after it, and an inordinate love of it, which is here meant, such as is properly idolatry: as when a man loves it, not only besides, but above God; serves it as if it was God, and places his trust and confidence in it, independent of God, and his providence; such love of it is the source and spring of all iniquity, as above; it was the sin of Judas, and the root of all his iniquity. The phrase is Jewish. So idolatry is said to be , "the root of all iniquities" (q); see Hebrews 12:15
The greediest people I know are liberals
Liberals worship money.
The Pope’s attack on money and the modern “throwaway culture” is misplaced in that it criticizes the “creative destruction” that is one of capitalism’s virtues, with human ingenuity developing improved products and technologies that supplant older and less capable ones. In such comments the Pope reveals that he believes in the Marxist critique of capitalism.
I don’t believe James needs any assistance from Francis:
“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.” (5:1-6)
Even dung has its uses. As a fertilizer for growing things for example.
Wealth is a creation.. you do not worship any creation... you do not make it your God....
But its not the creation is evil.. it you worshiping a false God....
In God eyes is it any different to worship the a false idol of green money as god then it is to worship false idol of a green tree as god?..
Money is a tool. Money in itself is not evil. It’s what people do with it that causes evil.
Well then, we better not give the poor any of it.
Maybe we can now use this to end the ever-expanding welfare state.
In before “he was mistranslated” again.
Money is not evil. Money is a tool, like any other tool.
Using money improperly is evil. Worshipping money is evil. Using money to oppress people is evil. How you get it and what you do with it can be evil, because it’s powerful, and like any power, it can be abused. But the capitalist method has brought more peace and more benefits - by far - than any other social reward method discovered yet.
By far.
I'd like to agree, and understand the context.
Yet, we live in a Very material world; increasingly so. One may not 'love' money; and money may very much be the 'root of all evil'. But, no surprise, we live in a material world, where one needs money to almost breathe. Heck, one even needs money to properly dispose of a physically dead body.
Two weeks ago I started to really like this guy when he said, “All dogs go to heaven.”
Sometimes you have to know when to quit talking.
First of the month - Can I tell my landlord I don’t traffic in Devil Dung?
Right? Pope... those collection plates at mass must get rather heavy packing all that dung.
I find this Pope to be an example of Marxist creative exhaustion.
And still the Catholic Church has amassed more wealth than any other non-governmental organization in human history.
This Pope sounds exactly like a genuine socialist. Condemning money and wealth for everyone else while busy collecting it all with both hands for himself.
I think this is the sort of thing Pope Francis is referring to. Having so much money you "need" to get one of these, while people who are qualified can't find work, because it's farmed out of the country for cheap labor and people who are unable to work may not be able to get help.