11 Dec '14 17:17>3 edits
The Bible says that the root of all evil is the love of money. This is a pretty powerful statement.
Those that don't adhere to a particular faith seem equally transfixed by wealth. Marx is a prime example. He saw the "evils" of society were generated by a fight over money, but from a slightly different perspective.
Today is no different. By in large we are bombarded by political figures preaching "equality" and demonizing the top 1%. In fact, every endevour within government seems to focus on curbing the "evils" of a free market.
Jesus once observed people giving money to the synagogue. He saw the rich giving away their treasures, and a poor woman giving out of her poverty. Jesus was so impressed by this that he declared that even though she gave a much smaller amount of money than the rest, she gave all she had. Jesus then declared that she had given the most in his estimation.
For me, the issue of spirituality is where the hearts of men are. Looking at the world today, most hearts seem to be geared towards attaining wealth, weather it be earning it or trying to take the wealth of others. If nothing else is as important, whether you are rich or poor, then you are on the wrong path spritually speaking. "Salvation" then rests upon the condition of our hearts and what is most important to us. Those that mirror that of the one who grants salvation, assuming He exists, attains salvation. What you end up loving the most will then either save you, or damn you.
Conversely, from a secular point of view, our collective salvation comes from everyone being "equal" fiscally. This salvation is a temperal salvation because life is temperal, not to mention impossible to attain since fiscal equality is an impossiblity. Those that venture down this path seem always to be unhappy, agnry, depressed, for their collective salvation is impossible and deep down they know it. Regardless, they are ready to jump on the next bandwagon that promises them their utopian fantasy.
However, those that venture down the path of attaining a "pure heart", even though extremely poor, can be very happy and content.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Those that don't adhere to a particular faith seem equally transfixed by wealth. Marx is a prime example. He saw the "evils" of society were generated by a fight over money, but from a slightly different perspective.
Today is no different. By in large we are bombarded by political figures preaching "equality" and demonizing the top 1%. In fact, every endevour within government seems to focus on curbing the "evils" of a free market.
Jesus once observed people giving money to the synagogue. He saw the rich giving away their treasures, and a poor woman giving out of her poverty. Jesus was so impressed by this that he declared that even though she gave a much smaller amount of money than the rest, she gave all she had. Jesus then declared that she had given the most in his estimation.
For me, the issue of spirituality is where the hearts of men are. Looking at the world today, most hearts seem to be geared towards attaining wealth, weather it be earning it or trying to take the wealth of others. If nothing else is as important, whether you are rich or poor, then you are on the wrong path spritually speaking. "Salvation" then rests upon the condition of our hearts and what is most important to us. Those that mirror that of the one who grants salvation, assuming He exists, attains salvation. What you end up loving the most will then either save you, or damn you.
Conversely, from a secular point of view, our collective salvation comes from everyone being "equal" fiscally. This salvation is a temperal salvation because life is temperal, not to mention impossible to attain since fiscal equality is an impossiblity. Those that venture down this path seem always to be unhappy, agnry, depressed, for their collective salvation is impossible and deep down they know it. Regardless, they are ready to jump on the next bandwagon that promises them their utopian fantasy.
However, those that venture down the path of attaining a "pure heart", even though extremely poor, can be very happy and content.
Has anyone else noticed this?