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dustin_archibald · 07-17-2005, 03:19 AM

Although I agree that money does cause great harm in the world I disagree that it is the root of all suffering/misunderstanding. Money, is just a manifestation of the fundamental nature of all living things.

All living things obey one fundamental command: SURVIVE! Take the human race for example:

Money:
Money enables us to survive. It lets us buy food, clothing, and shelter; all the things we need to survive. The more money we accumulate the more prepared we are to survive (ie: we can buy more things to aid in our survival).

Land:
Historically, the only reason to own land was to ensure that one could keep using the land for growing food or hunting on, without the threat of someone else coming along and stealing those means of survival from you. Now those reasons have expanded to resources like oil and mining. The fundamental reason is the same though, the more land you have, the better resources you have to survive.

When this SURVIVE! command is gone there is no conflict.

The challenge is then how to balance our own survival dynamic that those of other people and living things.

If you were to look at it from a human point of view Jesus overcame his SURVIVE! command (or maybe he didn't have/need one to begin with) and allowed himself to be sacrificed for the rest of humanity.

Now, to clarify, if Christ is UNDERSTANDING then the anti-Christ is MISUNDERSTANDING. If we follow from my example above that would mean that the anti-Christ is an entity that 100% obeys it's SURVIVE command. It would kill and steal without remorse.

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dustin_archibald Blue Belt Status: Offline Posts: 97 Thanks Given: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Join Date: May 2005 Rep Power: 14	07-17-2005, 03:19 AM Although I agree that money does cause great harm in the world I disagree that it is the root of all suffering/misunderstanding. Money, is just a manifestation of the fundamental nature of all living things. All living things obey one fundamental command: SURVIVE! Take the human race for example: Money: Money enables us to survive. It lets us buy food, clothing, and shelter; all the things we need to survive. The more money we accumulate the more prepared we are to survive (ie: we can buy more things to aid in our survival). Land: Historically, the only reason to own land was to ensure that one could keep using the land for growing food or hunting on, without the threat of someone else coming along and stealing those means of survival from you. Now those reasons have expanded to resources like oil and mining. The fundamental reason is the same though, the more land you have, the better resources you have to survive. When this SURVIVE! command is gone there is no conflict. The challenge is then how to balance our own survival dynamic that those of other people and living things. If you were to look at it from a human point of view Jesus overcame his SURVIVE! command (or maybe he didn't have/need one to begin with) and allowed himself to be sacrificed for the rest of humanity. Now, to clarify, if Christ is UNDERSTANDING then the anti-Christ is MISUNDERSTANDING. If we follow from my example above that would mean that the anti-Christ is an entity that 100% obeys it's SURVIVE command. It would kill and steal without remorse.