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To: Orion78
You didnt actually read it did you?

Although not addressed to me, you're right - I didn't read it.

"Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickle, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money - and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know that are able to deserve it."

And I just skimmed this one too. More atheistic tripe from that genius without a soul, Ms. Rand.

To love money is to set it up as one's idol, and is not only sin - but is the epitome of selfish greed.
The author sets up a straw man that to love money is to love work - and to therefore create all kind of wonderful endeavors for mankind. This doesn't fit my experience of people who love money. They tend to find non-productive occupations that produce the maximum amount of revenue for least amount of constructive effort (ambulance chasers; serial sue-ers; etc).
Work is a gift from God. He made Adam a tiller of the garden, and work is the highest form of stewardship. Doing our daily work, whatever and wherever, at our best - is service to God as 'loving our neighbors as ourselves'. Using the gifts of God to their fullest is to acknowledge our gratitude to God.
I like Ms. Rand's politics - but I've never been able to get through more than a paragraph of her writings without getting sick to my stomach. Although claiming to be for freedom she leads her followers into chains:

John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

42 posted on 11/27/2001 5:08:20 PM PST by El Cid
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To: El Cid
I suppose by your logic that if one professes a love for anything - their family, fishing, music, the ballet - it would just be atheistic tripe.
78 posted on 11/27/2001 6:26:59 PM PST by TN Republican
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