Money the root of all evil?

Do you think money and things associated with money causes evil (i.e., greed, wars, killings, etc.)? I think so. A list of examples:

Church pastors/priests have become obssesed with the concept of 'How To Get Rich Quick' by brain-washing people to think that God will bless them with millions of dollars if they get baptised, etc.

Most commercials on TV are 'Millioniare's Guide to Getting Rich in 10 Minutes' or 'The Guide to Making $1,000,000 at home'.

Everyone seems to think money makes you beautiful, better, smarter, popular, and happier. Which isn't really true, because my family is pretty well-off and my grandpa is not happy, my mother is having problems at work and my dad is trying to impress people even MORE.

Too many murders seem to be based off money. I'm not sure which murder I heard but some men kidnapped this real-estate man's wife and I think they killed her (this was in Louisiana).

It also seems that women are marrying these rich men who they get by their good-looks or charms.

So, do you think that money is the main problem of a lot of conflicts in the world?

(Not sure if this is supposed to be in the debate corner...?)

 

I don't think money is the root of ALL evil, but it sure seems to be the cause of a lot of trouble anymore.


Honestly, I think people have been a lot more focused on the mullah than anything else in life. Examples are everywhere; I don't think I really need to explain myself in any way...oh well.

Take Anna Nicole Smith, for example. She marries a 90 year old man, when she's what? 25 or so? That's DISGUSTING, in my book. But why did she marry him?

For his money.

There are also people out there who don't give a crap about their jobs, but they do care about their paycheck. Huh, my teachers at school talk about getting their money more than what they're supposed to talk about.

Like I said before, I think money's the cause of A LOT of trouble anymore.

 

Money isn't the root of all evil. Obsession is. It's what promotes greed, jealousy and gives excuses to do rotten things to people because a person is just focused on his or her wants. Obsessive people want and want even if it has nothing to do with money. Money just makes it easier to get things.

 

not ALL evil but certainly ALOT of it. money is ppl's incentive to do bad things because they see money as a reward.

but this is a LITTLE unrelated and MIGHT be untrue but: i read in a book that crime has rised up ALOT after the first shuttle launch to outer space (around the 1960s), that's because ppl saw that God wasn't up there and ppl lost faith so ppl have basically turned bad becuz they don't think God exists.

 

isnt there a thread about this already?

 

No, I don't think I've seen anything like this.

Lol, just because they didn't see a doorway to heaven and God waving down at them doesn't mean he exists. What is it with people and this "You have to see it to believe" incentive?

 

no, i'm pretty sure this one is original

it's human nature to question things, i'm the same way, i have to see it to believe it. but i won't put down other ppl's beliefs tho. and money is DEFINITELY the incentive for crime! money is evil!

 

I don't believe that money is evil. The correct term is "The love of money is the root to all evil"

 

yea, but the love wouldn't be there w/o money now would it?

 

I wouldn't say money is the root of all evil but obsession with it can lead to Power and with power comes great responsibility, and I am not obsessed with money it's just that things aren't free are they so you would need money to buy things and without money people would just steal things like my store was robbed a month ago so I guess it can lead to obsession which then turns into evil.

 

I don't think that all money is the root of evil, but it does make up a lot for some people that let it get to them. Cause once you have money you just want more and when you start to make more money you get more "power" in society. Once you get that power cause of your money you strive to get more. That is were greed, jealously, and obsession come from with certain people.

 

What Rrepliku said was said perfectly. I agree on this. It's not what money does to you, well, not completely, but how you are obssessed with it.

 

thats a good point.

money isnt bad in itself. if you are addicted to it, and will strive to illegal measures to get more...... theres your problem.

 

...you live in a fantasy world. You've been brainwashed by movies and the media to think that money is the root of all evil, it's not. There's just not enough to go around and the human greed and need for power is what brings out the bad things in money. If there was no money and everything was free, humans would be lazy and would have no work ethic because although a free world would be ideal and wonderful, many people would take it the wrong way and warp their own views into thinking that no work will get them whatever they want. Money is simply a symbolism of power, and to think of it as anything other then that, as evil or as some sort of killing intent is just plain wrong. All evil is created by the human element and the way we react to the world around us. The fact is that even if money weren't here we'd still be fighting over something.

You also have to keep in mind that it's ONLY people that think that they can gain something from power that fight over such trivial things. When you learn that you're one person in the world, and that it wouldn't change a thing if you weren't around, which most adults these days figure out by the age of 30, you realize the amount of power you have doesn't matter, it's what you do with the bit you have.

 

...basically what Cin just said...

I don't think money is the root of evil. As Cin said, evil is created by the human element. Our thoughts and our actions. If we didn't have money, we'd prolly be fighting over food or people.

 

People, I just chose that title because I wanted to. :/ And Cin, I'm not dumb, I barely watch TV and I don't listen to those fools in the media anyway. I was saying THAT money basically caused a lot of problems and such, I don't know why everyone is all upset about the title.

Anyways, I feel that people should look beyond money and into it's matters. Money causes problems. People who are greedy for money will do ANYTHING just to get it. This causes wars (if you look at greedy politics) and big name celebrities. It's really sad how people chose money to get into power - you, now can buy your way into being president as long as you've got 2 million dollars and a deal.

 

sorry if someones already said this, but i don't think it's money, i just think it's greed in general.

 

we kinda covered that bit....

 

I'm not calling you out on your title, I'm saying that all the things you listed, happen about once in a decade. If you think horrid acts of human greed and hunger like that are everyday occurences, you're sadly mistaken.

And you've missed the point of my post...money has NOTHING to do with it. NOTHING, money is a symbol of power, these horrible acts are about POWER.

 

Yeah but it used to be over land and contries. Think of the world without any money. It would be out of control and mad. Loads of jobs wouldn't be needed. You wouldn't need to work since you would have no wages and it goes on, it's like taking something out a foodchain.