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rrtulla 2y ago

As a Christian, I must constantly examine my heart with regards to bitcoin: is it morally superior money?

Yes of course?

One of God’s common grace gifts to humanity?

Uh-huh.

Will it bring everlasting joy?

Don’t be ridiculous. Of course not.

Stack sats. Stay humble. DCA for your kids. Run a node.

But don’t entrust your soul to internet money.

“Tell some of adding faith to faith, one degree of grace to another, and you shall find they have more mind to join house to house, and lay field to field; (and, I might add, add sats to sats!).

Their souls are athirst, but not for Christ or heaven: it is earth, earth (and bitcoin) they never think they have enough of, till death comes and stops their mouth with a shovelful of dirt digged out of their own grave.”

By all means, save in bitcoin, but don’t bank your soul on it.

Only Christ can save.

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Mark Puddleglum 2y ago

I've thought a lot about this, both as a person that has wrestled with Jesus' teachings, and from a philosophical perspective:

(1) The bitcoin network is a beautiful resistance movement, fighting structural evil, that I believe to be congruent w/ concepts of justice and fairness affirmed by the Judeo-Christian beliefs. It' s technology that affirms human dignity and freedom, and fights corruption.

(2) Bitcoin is also a form of wealth, and the pursuit of the accumulation of wealth is a very powerful hazard to one's overall health, and thus the health of a community.

During the previous bull run my net worth hit a peak of 6.25x what it was a year prior. That messed with my head and my belief system. It's not something to take lightly.