How is it evil to love the tool which allows us to engage in mutually beneficial trade with people from all walks of life? Honest money is the greatest tool of peace & prosperity to ever exist. I think anyone who doesn't is either confused or corrupt.
Discussion
I think it will help clarify the scripture passage if i include the passages before and after.
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
"Meek" meant civilized
Those who seek honest money by honest means must be extremely patient & are pursuing a path of creation & trade (God tells us to create well) which is the most civilized path open to us.
To "create well" requires knowing God (being very in touch with reality) & having passion or love for something meanigful in order to even begin to kniw how create value for others.
Meekness is humility.
Because money isn't everything. It only has value because we choose to place value on it. Whatever people choose to contribute to society is real value.
Money is a tool that amplifies & makes value creation sustainable & expands the good that people can do. Without money billions of people would die & the rest would be left in poverty. We are only prosperous because of our ability to trade. Money connects people & makes them more productive & ultimately better people.
Of course when money is corrupted it tends to spread evils in much the same way that honest money spreads good, so it's easy to get confused.
Can money be corrupt or are people corrupt with their money?
People are corrupt. Simple.
No, I am talking about the money itself being corrupted. The economic & political history is crystal clear on this. When there is honest money then even the corrupt are incentivized to do good. But when the money has been corrupted, then even the good are made to serve evil.
If you hold or trade in dollars & pay taxes today you are funding evil because the dollar has been corrupted into something that fuels an extremely evil war machine & an insane medical system that cures nothing & works to keep people in a perpetual state of sickness.
I agree sir. At the same time while i spend my money ethically i take no part in that corruption. To see it the way you explain i can see money as evil with regards to its inflation. This is wrong.
👀 Have you seen what's going on in the world right now?! You call this prosperity?! Money is purely conceptual. It just a means of determining how much individuals contribute to society. The unsustainable and immesley corrupt fiat system has proven this because the vast majority of politicians and corporate crimelords have done nothing but destroy society. Look at the mess we live in.