The Dangers of MATERIALISM

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The Dangers ofMATERIALISM
The guy who dies with the most toys wins!

• For the love of money is the root of all evils
• 1st Timothy, Ch. 6, v.10
• The Holy Bible

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Definition Materialism

• preoccupation with or emphasis on material
  objects, comforts, and considerations, with a
  disinterest in or rejection of spiritual,
  intellectual, or cultural values.
• Theres nothing wrong with wanting money and
  possessions, thats normal, but

When the desire to own blinds you to the welfare
of the world around you,
Come back, dont forget to buy your stuff
then there is a problem!
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Danger 1 - Selfishness
Its mine all mine and I dont care who I have to
walk on to get it!

• When the welfare of the self is more important
  than the welfare of the whole, then the self
  has forgotten that he or she is part of the
  whole, too!

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Danger 2 Exploitation
Rejoice cuz theres so much cheap child labor
in the world!

• American jobs are outsourced to countries where
  poor people, even children, are paid little
  better than starvation wages to better corporate
  profits, better known as the bottom line.

The Bottom Line
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Danger 3- Power corrupts

• When you use your official position to better
  yourself and your cronies at the expense of the
  people you are supposed to be taking care of,
  there is a major problem!

Democracy, my sweet ass, we want the damn oil!
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Danger 4 Environmental Disregard

• When the pursuit of material gain in the
  interests of the economy, cause irreparable
  harm to the ecosystem in which the economy
  exists, then great harm is done, not only to the
  world, but, ultimately, to the economy itself.

Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
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Danger 5 Deceit Lies
Let us out! We want to tell the truth!

• When, in the interests of National Security or
  some other equally fatuous pretext is used to
  protect or aggrandize the economy, and the people
  are systematically lied to, then the moral fiber
  of the state is greatly weakened.

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Danger 6 Spiritual Degradation

• When the worship of money and ill-gotten gain
  replace the quest of the soul for the Holy
  Spirit, then does the Soul of Man Woman suffer
  accordingly

Let us worship at the altar of theAlmighty Buck!
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The Greatest Danger

• The physical plane is not ultimate reality, it is
  but a daydream in the mind of the Goddess which
  causes the illusion of the pageant of existence.
• To give it credence as reality, is to deny the
  Reality which truly caused it to occur.
• The soul suffers accordingly

Forget Her, wheres the money?