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2006-09-29 07:37:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Correction its the LOVE of Money not money itself is the root of all evil, Otherwise we have some devils in our pockets.
2006-09-29 09:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by The young Merlin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cultures have traditionally labeled those things "evil" that create an individual who is in some way deviant and destructive to society. A person with an overly acquisitive nature generally tends to commit acts designed to further his self-interest and remains indifferent to the effects his acts have on the community. As his indifference increases and the scope of his activities has a widening effect on his community, the acquisitive person becomes that more destructive.
Taken to the Nth degree, we would have a pretty horrible society if everyone had an avaricious nature and was indifferent to the effects his greed has on those around him.
Thus, it is this indifference to others that is the root of all evil, greed the trigger of this attitude.
2006-09-29 07:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by espo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole statement is ' the LOVE of money is the root of all evil'.
So greed has a lot to answer for!
2006-09-29 12:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by Purple 8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a misquote.
Origin
From the Bible. Often misquoted as 'money is the root of all evil'. Timothy 6:10.
Actually the Biblical Quote is:
The love of money is the root of all evil.:
Because those who coveted after money, have erred from the faith.and HARMED themselves ('pierced themselves through) with many sorrows..
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2006-09-29 07:53:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This idiom is actually a misquote from the Bible. The Apostle Paul, writing to Timothy in I Tim 6:10, says, "For the love of money is the root of all evil. ..."
2006-09-29 12:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by Gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct saying is "Love of money is the root of all evil". If you love money you will do anything to get it.
2006-09-29 08:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by helen b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. The love of money means that one's whole life is taken up with the search for it, meaning that mind is taken completely off the search for God. One "cannot obey two masters."
2006-09-29 07:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
its the love of money... not money...
the quote is the love of money is the root of all evil..
meaning... ppl do things in favor for gain... think about it... someone dies b/c of a drug deal gone wrong... the money is what made them kill the other person.... or when a lawyer turns a case down... even though he knows that the person is innocent, they don't have enough money for everything
this also have to do with greed.... gain for ones self only...
if some pervert hurts a child, they do this in gain for themselves...
2006-09-29 07:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because money will go opposite to Love. And Love given to us by God. So money with us because of evil
2006-09-29 07:41:21 · answer #9 · answered by Everona97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All people are inherently evil, and money = power... so... give the evil people the power and bad things happen.
I've supplied you w/ a thesis.... I don't have time to explain the answer. You should do it.
2006-09-29 10:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋