tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post3321051972000576115..comments2024-03-28T13:07:51.025-07:00Comments on Winging It: "Sell all your possessions" RevisitedStanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-66196291819080809272017-05-13T19:34:55.214-07:002017-05-13T19:34:55.214-07:00In your thinking, how is this not "greed"...In your thinking, how is this not "greed"? How is this not "self-serving"? It would appear that the argument is, "As long as you don't do anything bad to get it, getting all you can for yourself is perfectly okay." Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-2648219153048329752017-05-13T19:13:18.368-07:002017-05-13T19:13:18.368-07:00I don't see this as all that difficult a conce...I don't see this as all that difficult a concept to understand. I would love to have more money than I could ever need. I'm not willing to do absolutely anything to achieve that possibility. I do not want to do anything that I believe will be displeasing to God in order that I can acquire more money than I could ever need. Here's an example: pot stocks. It's all the rage now that some states have legalized possession for even the purpose of just enjoying a high. While I have a history of having enjoyed a doob now and then (not since I became a truck driver with a license I could lose if I test positive), I'm not willing to say that being faced is in any way glorifying to God, and as such, to invest in an industry that is based on being faced also does not seem to me to be glorifying to God. As such, I have a hard time believing that the pot industry is a worthy place for my investing dollars, anymore than would be investing in a whore house in Nevada.<br /><br />But acquiring wealth in a manner in that aligns with Christian principles of honesty and integrity? Not a problem, and what's more, a worthy goal if I can find such a way that works for me.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.com