2006-06-26 15:37:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anthony L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Logically, I'd have to say rich and happy. Since you have given the conditions (i.e. rich and happy) that then becomes a given. Poor and religiously hopeful denotes only one certainty--poor--(an undesirable certainty at that!) Religiously hopeful suggests an uncertainty-- that one is hoping and waiting for some possible reward. The reward is not a certainty and cannot be proven to exist. Therefore, I'd choose what is known and certain. And besides, what would be undesirable about being rich AND happy?
2006-06-26 16:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rich and poor are totally different from happiness and religious.
If you are happy-- then you have a positive outlook, some faith that you are holding to already- the riches may not be the reason for happiness but a mental state of mind.
So, one needs some faith which leads them to being happy.
Therefore, someone who is happy- would have faith and some one who is religiously hopeful has faith and therefore would be happy.
Now the distinction is between rich and poor-
If I had to choose- of course I'd choose to be in the middle- because money is not all happiness and poverty is not all sadness.
The situations are what you make out of them. you can make poverty a blessed situation and wealth a horrible situation.
Be happy with what you have and hold on to faith-
happiness and faith go hand in hand-- you can't break them up.
2006-06-26 22:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that living poor and religiously hopeful is definately the way to live. If you're rich and happy....things don't satisfy your greediness like they would be if you were poor. Like if you were rich and you got this new vehicle that you paid sooo much for...you're happy...right?? Well, after a while you get tired of the vehicle and want a better one. Also, nothin can beat GOD. God can make all things better for you...if you just trust and believe in him as your Lord and Savior. And he will surely make all things better for you. So I DEFINATELY think that it would be more important to live poor and religiously hopeful rather than rich and happy.
2006-06-26 22:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kelsey G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being rich doesn't neccisarliy make you happy and I don't believe you have to be poor to be religiously hopeful. I believe God wants his people to be prosperous. That does not mean just in finances. What makes one person rich is not for another. I do know that money is not the key to happiness. It sure helps to do things in this world though.
2006-06-26 23:23:39 · answer #4 · answered by mustknowaboutit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough question. A lot of people today would pick rich and happy, versus having hope and faith and being poor. I think that in the long run, as much as money helps, it doesn't matter THAT much. I'd have to pick being poor, having faith, and having hope in G-d, than going without.
2006-06-26 22:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Laila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am not rich with money but rich with love and family,,,I am poor because I don't have allot of money by some standards of most people today and I am religiously hopeful because I believe in my faith.
2006-06-26 22:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by Gabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can live life rich and happy for the years you have but I prefer to be secure in my eternity so I choose poor and grounded in my faith.
2006-06-27 01:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by Kathy M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that rich people are necessarily happy. I want to live life with hope.
2006-06-26 22:41:59 · answer #8 · answered by randar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most religions don't want you to know this, but you can actually live rich, happy and be SPIRITUALLY hopeful.
As long as wealth and well-being doesn't make you feel guilty.
2006-06-27 00:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by Aritmentor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is important to live life as it comes and remain happy. I do not mean to be fatalistic. Human effort is there, but tension arising out of non-fulfillment or even fulfillment of hopes is not there.
2006-06-26 23:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by das.ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋