toldailytopic: Is it wrong to be rich? Is it wrong to desire to be rich?

[Nathon Detroit]

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toldailytopic: Is it wrong to be rich? Is it wrong to desire to be rich?

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[some other dude]

No
Yes

 

[Yazichestvo]

It doesn't really matter how rich you are, what matters is what you did to get rich. That's the only thing that really needs to be judged in terms of right or wrong.

 

[Nick M]

1. No
2. No
3. What are you willing to do to aquire wealth.

God wasn't wrong for blessing Job.

 

[Persephone66]

If it's wrong then I don't want to be right.

 

[Arthur Brain]

I think greed is more the problem than actually being comfortably off.

 

[Town Heretic]

Is it wrong to be rich?
No. Job was rich and God restored his wealth and increased it. The kings of Israel were rich as well. Abraham...there are a number of men whom God blessed with it.

Is it wrong to desire to be rich?
It's wrong to desire to possess wealth for the sake of wealth. That's coveting, after a fashion, and making possessions your master.

 

[Krsto]

No
Maybe

Pleonexia - greedy desire to have more - is

 

[keypurr]

I think it depends on what your purpose to be rich for.
Is it to help the poor? Or line your own pockets?

 

[Traditio]

Money is worthless in itself and if you desire it for the sake of itself, then there's a good chance that you're going to Hell.

 

[Son of Jack]

Proverbs 30:7-9

 

[rocketman]

The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for June 24th, 2011 03:50 PM

toldailytopic: Is it wrong to be rich?

Only if your a conservative, if your liberal it's O.K....or so I'm told.

Is it wrong to desire to be rich?

You can desire to be rich but, you are evil if your rich and conservative , while your enlightened and benevolent if your liberal...or so I'm told.

 

[Cracked]

Proverbs 30:7-9

Appropriate reference.

Wealth is problematic, at best.

 

[Son of Jack]

Appropriate reference.

Wealth is problematic, at best.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think it is wrong or bad to be wealthy, but like you said, it could become a problem.

Given my profession, I doubt I'll ever have to worry about it too much.

 

[Cracked]

Don't get me wrong. I don't think it is wrong or bad to be wealthy, but like you said, it could become a problem.

Given my profession, I doubt I'll ever have to worry about it too much.

I would say it is likely to become a problem--so I might have a slightly more pessimistic view.

 

[Krsto]

Don't get me wrong. I don't think it is wrong or bad to be wealthy, but like you said, it could become a problem.

Given my profession, I doubt I'll ever have to worry about it too much.

Yeah, same here. But I'd sure like to give it a try to see if I like it.

 

[Ask Mr. Religion]

How rich does one have to be in order to be considered rich? Is there an annual income cutoff or an income compared to the locale one lives within? Is it arbitrarily someone making a million dollars a year or having that much cash in the bank? Is being rich earning X% more than one needs to live on per year? :idunno:

AMR

 

[some other dude]

I am rich in blessings from the Lord, as I hope all of you are too. :wave:

 

[rocketman]

How rich does one have to be in order to be considered rich? Is there an annual income cutoff or an income compared to the locale one lives within? Is it arbitrarily someone making a million dollars a year or having that much cash in the bank? Is being rich earning X% more than one needs to live on per year? :idunno:

AMR

Well there are liberals that say if you are employed your rich. :chuckle:

 

[zoo22]

Intent, what you are driven by is what matters, I believe. I believe greed is the most overlooked sin, most underestimated sin, most ignored sin of all.