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Old 01-09-2007, 02:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
drgoodtrips
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Originally Posted by Brother Oz View Post
Yes, that's what I was thinking of, "You cannot serve both God and Mammon." It's rather vulgar to associate God with money.
There was actually an interesting spread in Time Magazine a while ago ( Does God Want You To Be Rich? -- Sunday, Sep. 10, 2006 -- Page 1 -- TIME ) called "Does God Want You To Be Rich?"

IIRC, it takes you through a schism in thinking between Protestant variations of Christianity over whether or not the "Godly" life is one of prosperity or a more austere, selfless one. It's actually pretty interesting, and it has various quotes from the Bible to support both positions. It's been a while since I read it, but I thought that you might find it interesting.
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