Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~If it weren’t for money, there would be no debt (or debt collectors).
~You wouldn’t have gambling (or gambling addiction).
~You wouldn’t have prostitution (it always begins at the time of money).
~You couldn’t have bizarre financial instruments like got us into this current crisis.
~Without money, there is no possibility of having interest. God hates usury, right?
~The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil. If there’s no money, then by definition there can’t be any love of money.
~There’d be no inflation.
~Money has no intrinsic worth. So getting rid of it doesn’t affect the world one single bit.
~Governments wouldn’t be able to manipulate money, currency markets, and mismanage money.
~Money entices people to do things they don’t want to do anyhow and don’t really believe in.
~If it weren’t for money, we could all do what God built us to do.
~Without money, you wouldn’t have beggars and the need to feel bad about not giving them your money.
~There’d be no taxes.
~How greedy can you be when there’s no money?
~Money reinforces the notion of desert and earning things, which translates into really counterproductive theology
~God’s kingdom is about giving and receiving, not buying and selling.
~Think of how much good could be created by all the people currently involved in the banking, finance, and even just the Treasury if we didn’t have money.
~How would you have hoarding without money?
~Money and relativism go hand in hand.
~Money gives power to the wrong people and lets value be placed on the wrong things.
Links on Money:
Home of the Brave? by Altruists.org
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