Comments on: Why People Believe Money is the Root of all Evil http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/ For People Pursuing Freedom Tue, 08 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Neil http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9425 Neil Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:46:05 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9425 Hi. First of all I would like to say from Spain that I really liked your argument and agree with it. The question that money is the root of all evil for me is that money replaces human contact and cooperation. This is why a nice person in the USA can buy some sneakers with a lcear conscience made by child labour in Indonesia. Or McDonalds hamburger when the meat is raised on land which has been forceably taken from the people who have lived on it for hundreds of years and who as a result are in starvation. Or American farmers get paid by the federal government to send millions of tons of grain to Africa as aid, and as a result destroy the local farming economy. Money, and electronic money take away the real connection between buyer and seller. And humans have the tendency to not want to hear the bad news. This for me is why money may be evil. If we discount this, then mone is purely a neutral vehicle for the exchange of goods and services. Hi.
First of all I would like to say from Spain that I really liked your argument and agree with it.
The question that money is the root of all evil for me is that money replaces human contact and cooperation.
This is why a nice person in the USA can buy some sneakers with a lcear conscience made by child labour in Indonesia. Or McDonalds hamburger when the meat is raised on land which has been forceably taken from the people who have lived on it for hundreds of years and who as a result are in starvation. Or American farmers get paid by the federal government to send millions of tons of grain to Africa as aid, and as a result destroy the local farming economy.
Money, and electronic money take away the real connection between buyer and seller. And humans have the tendency to not want to hear the bad news.
This for me is why money may be evil.
If we discount this, then mone is purely a neutral vehicle for the exchange of goods and services.

]]> By: Robot http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9408 Robot Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:26:56 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9408 Money can be bad in many ways if you don’t know how to use it in the right ways. If you show off that you’re loaded with money other people may want to steal it off you, which can lead into worse problems. Money can be bad in many ways if you don’t know how to use it in the right ways. If you show off that you’re loaded with money other people may want to steal it off you, which can lead into worse problems.

]]> By: Wanda http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9388 Wanda Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:34:50 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9388 It's not money that's the root of all evil. The bible states that "the LOVE of money is the root of all evil." When you love something or someone, you feel it is necessary to do anything to keep it or them. Take, for instance, the Republicans in congress. They love the money they have and will do anything to protect their investments and/or keep what they have, even at the expense of our seniors, elderly and children. The Love of Money brings out the worse in people. If you Love God, then you know what Love will make you do. Money is considered their gods and they love their god and it makes them do almost anything to show their love. Think about it. It’s not money that’s the root of all evil. The bible states that “the LOVE of money is the root of all evil.” When you love something or someone, you feel it is necessary to do anything to keep it or them. Take, for instance, the Republicans in congress. They love the money they have and will do anything to protect their investments and/or keep what they have, even at the expense of our seniors, elderly and children. The Love of Money brings out the worse in people. If you Love God, then you know what Love will make you do. Money is considered their gods and they love their god and it makes them do almost anything to show their love. Think about it.

]]> By: Chris http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9331 Chris Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:47:00 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9331 Money is the root to all evil, its not the people I hate that have the money at all, its the money itself, "Money" itself is the evil it influences people to do things such as murder, not saying all people but most people, another thing would be stealing, selfishness of people saving there own hides, Now for a breif sec imagine life without money, no buying anything, instead people caring about others or people going to a job not because they have to have money but because they care about helping those who cant help thereselves such as disabled people, im sure violence would drop alot, probably be less homeless people. I get your point, and yea thats how most people look at it but if u turn the other cheek n look at just the money itself! Money is the root to all evil, its not the people I hate that have the money at all, its the money itself, “Money” itself is the evil it influences people to do things such as murder, not saying all people but most people, another thing would be stealing, selfishness of people saving there own hides, Now for a breif sec imagine life without money, no buying anything, instead people caring about others or people going to a job not because they have to have money but because they care about helping those who cant help thereselves such as disabled people, im sure violence would drop alot, probably be less homeless people. I get your point, and yea thats how most people look at it but if u turn the other cheek n look at just the money itself!

]]> By: William http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9243 William Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:09:13 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9243 Jean is 100% right. Wake up people, because if not you are already dead. Jean is 100% right. Wake up people, because if not you are already dead.

]]> By: William http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9242 William Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9242 I can't believe reading this, with all the information, and knowledge available to us nowadays. Money isn't a bad idea in it's essence, but corruption and greed in people's hearts makes us slaves. How can you believe that creating "wealth" by, for example, having a business in the States, doesn't harm the world with the pollution from the by-products, and also the abuse of children in sweatshops, and on and on... As long as we will believe we can make profit out of thin air, this world of hate and destruction will prevail. There's a balance in life, and we are in opposite of harmony with god's creation. We should ba ashamed of ourselves because we are all responsible. Anybody who disagree on this is clearly blind. Free energy is what we should have. I can’t believe reading this, with all the information, and knowledge available to us nowadays.

Money isn’t a bad idea in it’s essence, but corruption and greed in people’s hearts makes us slaves.

How can you believe that creating “wealth” by, for example, having a business in the States, doesn’t harm the world with the pollution from the by-products, and also the abuse of children in sweatshops, and on and on…

As long as we will believe we can make profit out of thin air, this world of hate and destruction will prevail.

There’s a balance in life, and we are in opposite of harmony with god’s creation.

We should ba ashamed of ourselves because we are all responsible. Anybody who disagree on this is clearly blind.

Free energy is what we should have.

]]> By: Jean http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9131 Jean Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:52:05 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9131 I believe that money is in fact the root of all evil, the driving factor of a society should be the betterment of it's people, the principal ideology of the founding father's of the U.S. is also a good rule of life. And so true when the Quote by originally, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton that. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.". Is because what of those rewards are given to those that are great men, most intelligent garner power of their spoken words, their influence over others is inspired and driven by their rewards, but unfortunately their are very few who are inspired solely for the betterment of man. It is a culture where in order to survive or give your self and family a better life requires money, so those that have money become the very influence over those that would be great men, the greater the toll offering the more influence is driven by those that seek only to better them selves and not that of our humanity. Crazy but that was truly one of the reasons that I really liked Star Trek (next Generation) poverty had been abolished, money was an abstract it was non existent, instead precious metals, herbs was used to better the technology to serve man and relative to that was that in meeting other cultures, they strive never to interfere. The driving factor in that fantasy was what I already stated earlier, for the betterment of all man kind, money has in fact dehumanised mank kind, we some one hurting laying on the street instead of helping or coming to aid, many of great fear resist because of what might happen to them selves if they are latter sued for intervening, and what is that fear the loss of money, you only fear to loose what you most love and that unfortunate is money. Be you religious, agnostic, atheist, makes no difference, religion makes the issues of money abundantly clear, love of money is that above the love of god, love of anything above God is evil, agnostic believe is in what is truth value on what can be proven or simply be unknowable, do not pretend conclusions are certain that are not demonstrated or demonstrable, the driving in all three of these be it negative or positive in it's light is money. When the fear is the control over or the lack of control over money, society always and still will collapse on it self. Make no mistake if what drives you for better life is the betterment of man kind, the very essence of your driving influence means that you and your family does benefit directly from it, there is no need for a physical form of power (money), it is already inside you it's your heart your love for each other, buying food no longer exists as food is free, homeless no longer exist as housing is free, not every one will be the same or have the same ever because we each have a unique sense of what we like. What is no longer a factor however is how you can't have or get what you want because of a lack of money as it no longer an influence. The ideal as a whole I know is just fantasy and in many ways it would be looked upon as socialist but you know what the problem is with socialism as well as capitalism, when what controls the ism's benefits above what they rule for others, as power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, there is one simple analogy here having the most money is greed and greed is absolute evil. I believe that money is in fact the root of all evil, the driving factor of a society should be the betterment of it’s people, the principal ideology of the founding father’s of the U.S. is also a good rule of life.

And so true when the Quote by originally, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton that. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”.

Is because what of those rewards are given to those that are great men, most intelligent garner power of their spoken words, their influence over others is inspired and driven by their rewards, but unfortunately their are very few who are inspired solely for the betterment of man.

It is a culture where in order to survive or give your self and family a better life requires money, so those that have money become the very influence over those that would be great men, the greater the toll offering the more influence is driven by those that seek only to better them selves and not that of our humanity.

Crazy but that was truly one of the reasons that I really liked Star Trek (next Generation) poverty had been abolished, money was an abstract it was non existent, instead precious metals, herbs was used to better the technology to serve man and relative to that was that in meeting other cultures, they strive never to interfere.

The driving factor in that fantasy was what I already stated earlier, for the betterment of all man kind, money has in fact dehumanised mank kind, we some one hurting laying on the street instead of helping or coming to aid, many of great fear resist because of what might happen to them selves if they are latter sued for intervening, and what is that fear the loss of money, you only fear to loose what you most love and that unfortunate is money.

Be you religious, agnostic, atheist, makes no difference, religion makes the issues of money abundantly clear, love of money is that above the love of god, love of anything above God is evil, agnostic believe is in what is truth value on what can be proven or simply be unknowable, do not pretend conclusions are certain that are not demonstrated or demonstrable, the driving in all three of these be it negative or positive in it’s light is money.

When the fear is the control over or the lack of control over money, society always and still will collapse on it self.

Make no mistake if what drives you for better life is the betterment of man kind, the very essence of your driving influence means that you and your family does benefit directly from it, there is no need for a physical form of power (money), it is already inside you it’s your heart your love for each other, buying food no longer exists as food is free, homeless no longer exist as housing is free, not every one will be the same or have the same ever because we each have a unique sense of what we like.

What is no longer a factor however is how you can’t have or get what you want because of a lack of money as it no longer an influence.

The ideal as a whole I know is just fantasy and in many ways it would be looked upon as socialist but you know what the problem is with socialism as well as capitalism, when what controls the ism’s benefits above what they rule for others, as power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, there is one simple analogy here having the most money is greed and greed is absolute evil.

]]> By: Marcelo http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-2/#comment-9016 Marcelo Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:02:10 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-9016 I think it is a great discussion! Thanks for publishing your considerations about this issue. The point is that it really seems that there is an evil thing strongly influencing our society (which most believe is money or greed), and I think we should persist discussing this subject, in order to identify the real roots of our normal state of social unrest. Here there is a document that will explore other aspects of this misterious "evil" that slows down human progress. It is the third work of the Zeitigeist Movement, called "Moving Forward". You will find a link for watching the movie on this website: www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com I hope to hear from you about those new issues. Thank you, Marcelo ( marceloures@gmail.com ) p.s.: sorry for my poor english, it is not my first language I think it is a great discussion!

Thanks for publishing your considerations about this issue.

The point is that it really seems that there is an evil thing strongly influencing our society (which most believe is money or greed), and I think we should persist discussing this subject, in order to identify the real roots of our normal state of social unrest.

Here there is a document that will explore other aspects of this misterious “evil” that slows down human progress. It is the third work of the Zeitigeist Movement, called “Moving Forward”. You will find a link for watching the movie on this website: http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com

I hope to hear from you about those new issues.

Thank you,
Marcelo ( marceloures@gmail.com )

p.s.: sorry for my poor english, it is not my first language

]]> By: Audrey Duran http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-8998 Audrey Duran Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:21:11 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-8998 I'm reading an excellent western novel called Tragg's Choice and mentioned to my husband that I think the author is writing on the theme of 'money is the root of all evil'--but then questioned the validity of the saying and its origin. It applies to the above novel but is not universally true (as in extremes of quest for power, revenge, lust, sado/masochism, etc.). Evil has many faces. I’m reading an excellent western novel called Tragg’s Choice and mentioned to my husband that I think the author is writing on the theme of ‘money is the root of all evil’–but then questioned the validity of the saying and its origin. It applies to the above novel but is not universally true (as in extremes of quest for power, revenge, lust, sado/masochism, etc.). Evil has many faces.

]]> By: natasha g http://steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 natasha g Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:33:04 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/false-belief-number-1-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-1342 you say that money isn't the root of all evil... yet it is... there is no reason to have money what so ever... i mean all it is, is a piece of paper with green print on it... it's really, truly worthless... but the government gives it all this power... but honestly without it we'd be just fine... i mean people didn't always have money... and if we didn't have it than we could find other ways to buy things... it's called trade... much simpler... but the government makes money worth so much... and you know why? because money is just one of the many things the government uses to try and control us... and in case you haven't noticed... it's working... soon dollar bills won't even exist anymore... because all our "money" will just be a code... along with all of our information... because they "need" it for billing purposes or whatever.... and the government will slowly start to get rid of the one's who aren't useful to them... rich people and celebrities will be just fine... but as for the rest of us who are barely scraping by... we'll either be used as servants... or they'll just completely destroy us... but lucky for the rich people... they will be unharmed... the american holocaust is approaching... prepare yourselves people... seriously... i'm not kidding... and you may think i'm crazy... but really i don't care if you do... because at least i tried to warn you... and if you don't believe me than fine don't... you will be sorry though... that's for sure... and for those who do believe... i suggest you start preparing.... join in on the rebellion... or become rich... but whatever you decide... do it fast... because (and i know this definitely sounds crazy, but trust me i'm far from crazy) the end for us is near... don't believe what the adults or the government tell you.... it's all lies... they've been lying from the start... and that's the truth... do the research and you'll know what i mean... i can't say much more... because if so they'll come after me... because i've been exposed to all their secrets... and that's all i can say... make a decision and make sure it's the right one... you say that money isn’t the root of all evil… yet it is… there is no reason to have money what so ever… i mean all it is, is a piece of paper with green print on it… it’s really, truly worthless… but the government gives it all this power… but honestly without it we’d be just fine… i mean people didn’t always have money… and if we didn’t have it than we could find other ways to buy things… it’s called trade… much simpler… but the government makes money worth so much… and you know why? because money is just one of the many things the government uses to try and control us… and in case you haven’t noticed… it’s working… soon dollar bills won’t even exist anymore… because all our “money” will just be a code… along with all of our information… because they “need” it for billing purposes or whatever…. and the government will slowly start to get rid of the one’s who aren’t useful to them… rich people and celebrities will be just fine… but as for the rest of us who are barely scraping by… we’ll either be used as servants… or they’ll just completely destroy us… but lucky for the rich people… they will be unharmed… the american holocaust is approaching… prepare yourselves people… seriously… i’m not kidding… and you may think i’m crazy… but really i don’t care if you do… because at least i tried to warn you… and if you don’t believe me than fine don’t… you will be sorry though… that’s for sure… and for those who do believe… i suggest you start preparing…. join in on the rebellion… or become rich… but whatever you decide… do it fast… because (and i know this definitely sounds crazy, but trust me i’m far from crazy) the end for us is near… don’t believe what the adults or the government tell you…. it’s all lies… they’ve been lying from the start… and that’s the truth… do the research and you’ll know what i mean… i can’t say much more… because if so they’ll come after me… because i’ve been exposed to all their secrets… and that’s all i can say… make a decision and make sure it’s the right one…

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