Money is just (or can be) a symptom. I think it is obsessive desire for the material things that can cause the problems. This can manifest itself in several ways including wanting to be the “richest”, “most powerful” and finding ways to look down on those who are less successful.

I’d probably be at odds with many here on a couple of issues that I normally choose not to go into but in other ways, maybe quite socialist in outlook? Certainly, if I had God like powers, I’d design a world in which not a single person, regardless of whether they shared my views, had to worry about food, housing, education and health care.

But of course, to move onto Sen’s introduction of Christianity is this thread. I don’t do that well, tend to get bogged down in my own problems, etc. And I don’t know anyone who if down to two coats would give one away….

One line in Christianity (which OK many here do not accept – fair enough and, even many of those that do often seem to ignore) runs a sort of judgement day, abridged a bit but…

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

Some atheists even fare a lot better than some Christians on this..

(Jon still trying to learn, with differing views on some things over the years, etc.)