Why is it so hard for you people to answer a simple question.
I didn't ask, "Can a man want to make money?"
I asked, "Is it wrong for a man to want to make money?"
Please answer the question I asked, and not the one I didn't ask.
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Why is it so hard for you people to answer a simple question.
I didn't ask, "Can a man want to make money?"
I asked, "Is it wrong for a man to want to make money?"
Please answer the question I asked, and not the one I didn't ask.
eider
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It isn't wrong to want to make money.
Want away!
Wanting, like dreaming?
Dream on.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
That may be where your thinking will lead in England. In America if you want to make money you work for it. The harder you work the more money you make.
eider
Well-known member
That wasn't the question.
Why can't people Stick with the question?
The question was ' is it wrong to want to make money?'
The question was about wanting, not acting.
Thank you for answering the question!
Follow up:
Is it wrong for a man, who has earned the money he has (legitimately, as if that needed clarifying), to use it as he sees fit (barring taxation)?
Don't be a troll, Eider.
eider
Well-known member
No.
I answer No because 'seeing fit' covers a whole bunch of possibilities.
So you need to tighten up your question, I think.
eider
Well-known member
I thought that was fair ....
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
He's just being true to his nature
Thank you for your answer.
That is correct.
Thank you for answering.
So if it is not wrong for a man to want to make money, why do you paint with your words the billionaire (or any other "-aire") as the bad guy when there is nothing inherently wrong with a man who has made lots of money simply because he wanted to?
Why do you think that there should be any restraint on how a man makes money, so long as he isn't breaking any laws? To make things simple, let's refer to such laws as outlined on https://kgov.com/criminal-code.
In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, it does not say that the rich man earned his money by crime. So we can assume that he earned it legally. However, when it came to judgement day, he was told he had his rewards on Earth, and he did not deserve a place in heaven. Yet Lazarus is rewarded.
There is no law criminal law against greed, so we can earn as much as we like. It seems that God may judge us in different ways.
eider
Well-known member
As usual, nasty insults spewing from your big mouth.
Ignore.
So, what is your estimate on how much money God thinks is too much for an individual to have?
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
Two mites
I think it's just a tad more than that. According to the Bible anyway.
Right Divider
Body part
A buck two ninety eight.
eider
Well-known member
Who would you follow first?
Your God........ or Mammon?
That is for each of our conceouses to answer; how can anyone know the mind of God. We don't know how much money the rich man had in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. But in God's eye's it was too much for one man; it was in the rich man's power to help Lazarus; but he chose to keep his wealth.
God is the creator of all that is seen and unseen; we are but temporary custodians of wealth. When God looks down on his creation, he must see the millions of people living in abject poverty; and see them starving to death. God also sees the rich.
Right Divider
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You're very good at the non-sequitur.
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