They Hypocrisy of Worshiping the Almighty Dollar
I know the title of this article is hackneyed and has been written about countless times, but I could not resist after hearing a story of one of my relatives.
Jenny lives in a very conservative region in south eastern New Mexico and is surrounded by devout baptists. Many of her friends almost convulse when describing testimonial moments where they were convinced God had made a life changing difference in their life. One of her friend fools around on her husband who is always out of town on business partly because she believes her husband is cheating on her when he travels.
Her friend believes that going to Church every Sunday will set her straight in God's eyes even though she has rough sex in seedy hotels the Saturday night before she is bowing her head in forgiveness on Sunday.She preaches the 10 commandments to her kids particularly emphasizing that lying and stealing will not be tolerated in the eyes of the Good Lord.
Jenny's friend works a job where she is issued a salary based on a fixed salary grid determined mostly by her education and years of employment. The company gave across the board raises which placed her friend at a salary of $43000. When her friend got her contract, the salary was a mistaken $47000 due to an error by the payroll clerk.
Did her friend report the $4000 error that amounted to stealing from her company? NO she must have thought God caused the payroll professional to make the $4000 mistake in her favor! This, of course, is a violation of one of the 10 commandments. Funny how some Christians turn a blind eye to such ethical matters.
There are words and there are actions and so many of our actions are towards worshiping the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Atheists are much more principled about this than Christians. Some Christians pretend that worshiping God is the number one thing in their life, when things like having sex with young women and making a lot of money are, in fact, when drives them. Atheists, on the other hand, know that money is important and do not pretend there is a God who cares about them, nor do they labor under the false pretense that worshiping a God is more important than a fat paycheck.
Jenny lives in a very conservative region in south eastern New Mexico and is surrounded by devout baptists. Many of her friends almost convulse when describing testimonial moments where they were convinced God had made a life changing difference in their life. One of her friend fools around on her husband who is always out of town on business partly because she believes her husband is cheating on her when he travels.
Her friend believes that going to Church every Sunday will set her straight in God's eyes even though she has rough sex in seedy hotels the Saturday night before she is bowing her head in forgiveness on Sunday.She preaches the 10 commandments to her kids particularly emphasizing that lying and stealing will not be tolerated in the eyes of the Good Lord.
Jenny's friend works a job where she is issued a salary based on a fixed salary grid determined mostly by her education and years of employment. The company gave across the board raises which placed her friend at a salary of $43000. When her friend got her contract, the salary was a mistaken $47000 due to an error by the payroll clerk.
Did her friend report the $4000 error that amounted to stealing from her company? NO she must have thought God caused the payroll professional to make the $4000 mistake in her favor! This, of course, is a violation of one of the 10 commandments. Funny how some Christians turn a blind eye to such ethical matters.
There are words and there are actions and so many of our actions are towards worshiping the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Atheists are much more principled about this than Christians. Some Christians pretend that worshiping God is the number one thing in their life, when things like having sex with young women and making a lot of money are, in fact, when drives them. Atheists, on the other hand, know that money is important and do not pretend there is a God who cares about them, nor do they labor under the false pretense that worshiping a God is more important than a fat paycheck.
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