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Revelation 13
16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
Matthew 19
21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Matthew 5
34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
2 Corinthians 4
4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
originally posted by: intrptr
Everyone needs money. I think the line is drawn at greed. We go over it when we worship money. We worship what we spend all our time doing. You can't serve both money and Spirit or some such.
So theres this balance.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: intrptr
Maybe in today's society we "need" money, but in reality, money is not a "need". Food is a need, water is a need, money is just the middle man we they have put between us and the things we need in order to survive. No other species uses money in order to survive, only humans.
originally posted by: ExNihiloRed
originally posted by: intrptr
Everyone needs money. I think the line is drawn at greed. We go over it when we worship money. We worship what we spend all our time doing. You can't serve both money and Spirit or some such.
So theres this balance.
People worship things, which they buy with money.
originally posted by: Tiamat384
a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
I think it was a bit of humor
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: intrptr
Maybe in today's society we "need" money, but in reality, money is not a "need". Food is a need, water is a need, money is just the middle man we they have put between us and the things we need in order to survive. No other species uses money in order to survive, only humans.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: ExNihiloRed
What do you mean by civilized? There are two definitions, one we are the other we definitely are not.
We may be more advanced but as far as being "well-mannered", we are hardly that. We destroy the Earth for profit, regardless of what animals call those ecosystems home. We practice factory farming where we mistreat animals for consumption and profit.
If anything, our civilization has made us the least civilized species on the planet.
originally posted by: ExNihiloRed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: intrptr
Maybe in today's society we "need" money, but in reality, money is not a "need". Food is a need, water is a need, money is just the middle man we they have put between us and the things we need in order to survive. No other species uses money in order to survive, only humans.
No other species is civilized.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: ExNihiloRed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: intrptr
Maybe in today's society we "need" money, but in reality, money is not a "need". Food is a need, water is a need, money is just the middle man we they have put between us and the things we need in order to survive. No other species uses money in order to survive, only humans.
No other species is civilized.
"Civilization" is not the same as civil behavior. In that regard many animals behave with more "civility" than most people.
Matthew 6
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?