How rich God worshipers differ from Rich nonbelievers

[jennifer_bloom]

For 9 years now, I’ve been receiving death threats and harassing comments by a mentally ill person who says I have no value because I make a middle class salary and he was raking in millions along with his ex wife who made hundreds of thousands. She divorced him after a brain injury left him unable to make money but he continues to mock me for being “uneducated,” because I only have a bachelors degree.

The fact is, a mature Christian or God believer understands money is important and hard work is a virtue, but they do not judge themselves or others based on their income or their appearance, except in the context of dating or romance, where a good look could signify fertility and physical health. Or in a business transaction where intelligence and assets affect your education and prospects.

I know many religious Christians who are successful or wealthy, but do not base their self worth on it. I also know Christians who gave up high paying jobs for lower wage ones that allowed them to serve God in a deeper way and I’ve met doctors who prefer handing water bottles to homeless people, to attending cocktail parties with other rich and educated people.

Not basing my self confidence on how rich or poor I am, makes my life so much easier and many times I will purposely act stupid or discuss my failures with new people to weed out superficial friends who care more about money or status than they do about the love of God.

[Luopio27]

I wonder how will there ever be peace whenn few make millions and most make avarage income while many are homeless.


Governments are supposed to be the balance of the world economy but its every county, every party, every man for their own.


There are good and bad in all income levels, social classes and races.

[TheBigGuy9]

What an excellent read!

[jshm2]

To be honest, people who are "rich" don't care about money. Only people who think they are rich or are spending another's wealth and assuming they are rich by proxy, do.

The real goal is never money or being rich, it's about being content and progressive. You have millionaires and billionaires sitting in jails and facing terrible life issues that money cannot do anything to resolve. They would rather be poor if it mean's losing their problems.

Or to put it succinctly like my old mentor used to: "no point buying a fancy car if you have no clue of it's maintenance, it'll leave you at the side of the road when you really don't want it to. Better to have a small and reliable car that will always come through for you".

This is where religious people and irreligious people differ, and why irreligious people always fail and come up short in the end. They only see the physical and not the intangible benefits.

[Keyboardkat]

In the end, we will be judged by what we gave to the world, not by what we got from it!

[Floppy2112]

Why can you not extricate this venomous person from your life?

[OddBeMe]

Jesus seemed to judge rich people. What was the quote about the needle?

[slatyb]

You didn't say anything about non-believers.

[FunkyMonkee]

Rich athieists do GOOD things with their money!

[MJtheCoach]

Bill gates needs to be sh0t!! Or burned alive.