“No, ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’...not the money itself. Do you own the money, or does the money motivate you?”
I don’t agree with that either, although love of money sure leads to some evil (and quite a bit of good as well).
Did “love of money” lead Hitler to murder 6 million Jews? Likewise, the various Communist mass executions were not motivated by “love of money”. If you want to find the “root of all evil”, you need to look elsewhere. (For another more minor example, consider a faithful husband or wife murdered because someone else coveted the partner. No money involved...but flawed human nature certainly was. It has happened many times.)
Oh, I see you have that one handled.
Thanks.
1 Timothy 6:10
“10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”
Note that I did not say that, it was a quote from the Bible that states ‘the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” and the KJV says ‘is the root’.
Greed does cause people to do many evil things for personal gain, which usually ends up a curse and not a blessing.
My apologies as I did clarify where the quote came from.
Of course Hitler had a love of money, as we see in all the great Masterpieces he stole from those who owned them, mostly Jews, those he killed. So many of those million dollar works of art are just now being found and returned.
Power and Greed go arm in arm.....what do you think it is that causes dictators to kill millions....Greed, more money for them to spend, and less mouths for the government to feed. Dictators get rich off of the people, just look around at the money being spent by those who are tyrants.