If money is the root of all evil then how come churches ask for it?

Question

If money is the root of all evil then how come churches ask for it?
if money dosnt grow on trees how come banks have branches?

Answer 1

Perhaps the church is keen to reform the evil bearing money.

Banks are, may be, birds that open branches to spread their wings... after all money flies!!

Answer 2

Okay, you're being silly, but I'll give you real answers, because I'm too tired to be funny.

Money is not the root of all evil. Money can be used for plenty of good things, and churches need money for all the "staying alive" reasons we all have.

Banks have branches because it'd be a serious pain... somewhere if there were only one bank that we'd occasionally have to make pilgrimmages to (and that road would be a thieves' banquet).

And if you're talking about money growing on trees, that has two parts that have a lot to do with one another:

1. When a person says that money doesn't grow on trees, they're not talking about paper money, which obviously does. With a lot of processing, that is.

2. What they really mean is that they believe money is scarce. To a lot of people, they get a job that pays them a certain amount, and they buy all the crap they can (even if that only entails a tiny place to live and 1/2 a meal a day). To most people, there's always some impediment to being wealthier... and if you listen, it's rarely their decisions that keep them where they are, but some outside force... "keeping them down" if you go low enough on the socio-economic spectrum.

You wanna get a feel for how somebody approaches life, ask 'em about money. If you don't get an emotional response, you're probably talking to someone who's taken a vow of poverty.

Answer 3

Money makes many things. Money does good as well as bad. A knife can be used to cut a fruit or vegetable or also to hurt some one. Similarly money is required for constructive work or destructive work. Money as such is not the root for any evil. The evil is in the mind of the person who uses it.

Answer 4

The LOVE of money is the root of all evil, not just the money.

Hopefully, churches pass on a good portion of their collections to the poor and needy.

Answer 5

The church doesn't want the evil to be everywhere; it want to bring them under one roof. And that is why, the church is interested in asking for money which is the root of all evil.

Banks are different kinds of trees, like humans are different kind of animals.

Answer 6

The quote is, "the love of money is the root of all evil". Presumably, churches do not love money.

You've stumped me on the bank branches though. ;-)

Answer 7

Churches asked money for them to operate and spread the Gospels and Words of God. Money used for bad intention is evil.
There are plants called money trees but they are only plants and
have branches. While banks have branches, you know to
sustain the economies and spread the power of moneyed countries.

Answer 8

The "Love" of money is...... Most churches love money more than people.
Banks do grow money on trees the just don't like us to find the forest

Answer 9

Well, leaves grow on trees, so maybe the bank was hoping money would grow on its branches?

Answer 10

Churches ask for money because they need it to function. Lots of overhead. Money is not the root of all evil; its the love of money that is. lol about your last question.