I agree with all that, Little Hawk.
My husband gets very confused when I tell him that Jesus was NOT a Christian, but a Jew!

Jesus told many parables about rich men being stingy and getting their just deserts later. He seemed to be very sympathetic to the poor.

I think it all boils down to one's attitude to one's fellow men. One can be rich yet do a lot of good and be generous and philanthropic. Or one can be miserly and hard-nosed, having no care at all for those less fortunate.

And it's all relative really. There's always someone poorer to be helped and encouraged along. The worst-off here in UK would be regarded as kings by some of the struggling folk I saw in Africa.

So one can't say that the money itself makes people nasty. They were probably like that to start with!