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[Cutz]

I'd like to think I'm a spiritual person but in practice...I just ordered more girl clothes from Walmart.

I could argue about that. I don't know why one would have to be either one or the other. You can be a spiritual, God loving person and still be a driven, hardworking individual who likes money.

You can be both, but Jesus says it's harder to be rich and love God than it is to be poor and love God. Because love of money, making money the focus of your life, makes money your God and violates the commandments. "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

The Pope is just saying that caring about money too much is a sin. That's nothing new from a Christian perspective. Capitalism philosophically makes money the driving force of society, and that's un-Christian. It's also not how day to day reality is. You go out and work a job, try to help the people you see, and afford your lifestyle. It's just a reminder that your employment should be about service... not about making a buck. The CEO's of the multi-billion corps that consider CSR to make their company look better to make more money - those are the rich men who have a hard time entering heaven.