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Old 07-24-2008, 03:06 PM
 
Location: La Mirada, CA
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I'm keeping my eye on the riches of Heaven - those which are truly lasting!!
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Old 07-24-2008, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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Money doesn't make you happy. Someday I want to contemplate that while I sit in my jacuzi overlooking the grounds to my mansion.

And another one: Money is not the root of all evil, Lack of money is. Gene Simmons
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Old 07-24-2008, 05:31 PM
 
Location: California
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Money doesn't make you happy. Someday I want to contemplate that while I sit in my jacuzi overlooking the grounds to my mansion.

And another one: Money is not the root of all evil, Lack of money is. Gene Simmons
hahah, yupp.
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Old 07-24-2008, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati
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I've been rich, I've been poor, rich is better--Cher
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Old 07-24-2008, 10:07 PM
 
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I would like to be rich yes but at the same time there is something to be proud of when you work hard. Maybe it's just something my parents instilled in me at a young age. Money is great and it makes life easier but it's not everything.

My main goal in life is not to become rich but to leave a legacy behind that I can be proud of. I want people to say at my funeral, "He was truly a great man."
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Old 07-24-2008, 10:09 PM
 
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Money doesn't make you happy. Someday I want to contemplate that while I sit in my jacuzi overlooking the grounds to my mansion.

And another one: Money is not the root of all evil, Lack of money is. Gene Simmons
you are damn right
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Old 07-25-2008, 02:07 AM
 
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I'm keeping my eye on the riches of Heaven - those which are truly lasting!!
That's what you're supposed to do. Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure Jesus is waiting for you and all that. Praise da lord.
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Old 07-25-2008, 02:27 AM
 
Location: Malibu/Miami Beach
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A rich man is just a poor man with money..
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Old 07-25-2008, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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The Bible never said it was a bad thing to be Rich. Many of the people in the Bible were blessed with great wealth. Look at Job, he was a wealthy man that lost everything, including his family and because he loved God more than anything else he was blessed with wealth again. I have never read anywhere in the Bible where God wants us to not accomplish something and as a result create wealth.

Working hard is a great thing. Nothing wrong with working hard. You can be a hard working McDonalds employee or a hard working CEO, business owner, or movie director. All are hard working but the McDonalds employee chances are will never be wealthy.
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Old 07-25-2008, 02:27 PM
 
Location: La Mirada, CA
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The Bible never said it was a bad thing to be Rich. Many of the people in the Bible were blessed with great wealth. Look at Job, he was a wealthy man that lost everything, including his family and because he loved God more than anything else he was blessed with wealth again. I have never read anywhere in the Bible where God wants us to not accomplish something and as a result create wealth.
It's not riches that Jesus spoke out against, but the materialistic attitude that so often comes with wealth. He said, "How difficult it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom." He spoke these words in explanation of his parable in which a rich man felt more attachment to his material things than to his commitment to discipleship.

How wonderfully countercultural are the teachings of the church!
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