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The Love of Money Is the Root of Most Evil

Money has always fascinated me. Think about it. This piece of paper with pictures and numbers on it tends to dictate our lives. We've all agreed on this. It's what provides us opportunities, what we work for, what gets us things, what we, more or less, live for. Just imagine if we provided the caveman like the one from Encino Man a large wad of money; how would he react? A look of confusion? A shrug of the shoulders? Those possibilities are far more likely than jumping for joy and making it rain, as the saying goes. We drive/ride in vehicles to get us from point A to point B. We cook food and drink water to survive. We work to support ourselves, our families, and make a difference in the world. We travel, drink, partake in hobbies to relax. What do all of these entities revolve around? A piece of paper.

Whenever thinking about the concept of money, I tend to also think about the afterlife. Is there such a thing? If so, will those who made and worshipped money likely be punished? Will those who didn't possess as much and were able to focus on more important things be rewarded? Will the amount of money we earned and/or spent matter at all on judgment day?

In 1 Timothy, chapter 6, verse 10, it reads, "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."

I'm not a religious individual, but I find that passage in the Bible interesting. For the record, I don't hate money and don't hate all aspects of capitalism, but while I'm always tentative on uttering absolutes (see what I did there?), I will say that I feel the love of money is the root of most evil. All evil? I'm not so sure about that. Was money the guiding factor for the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer or Charles Manson? I don't think so. Pushing those wild exceptions off to the side for a moment, though, doesn't most every other "evil" derive from the love of money? Robberies, muggings, stabbings, shootings, fraud, laundering, poverty, starvation, abandonment, abuse, homelessness, obesity, medical/health issues, bankruptcy, foreclosures, drug addiction, alcoholism, promiscuity/prostitution, etc. all tend to be connection to money. There may be the six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but when it comes to money and evil, only two or three degrees tend to be needed to make a connection. While money can certainly be used for good, it tends to be largely overshadowed by what it does for the bad, and our obsession with these pieces of paper tend to leave us neglectful of more important things in our lives.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A10&version=KJV

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