Monday, September 21, 2009

The Love of Money Is the Root of All Evil?

Abdullah Kalantan

The love of money means that individuals want more and more money than they have.
Nowadays, money has become a fundamental prerequisite for everyone in order to get a better life. Unfortunately, some people have forgotten the importance of spiritual things ; for example , manners, honesty, generosity, nobility, and kindness. These immaterial things make a person respected by others and dignified. Instead, they have become more interested in and concerned about money and they want more and more money. We see people fight and kill each other in order to get money; furthermore, we hear that some families have been split apart as a result of fighting for money. In other words, they are becoming greedy. So, that is one aspect of loving money which is evil.
 
Another aspect is that some people have so much money that they don't know what to do with it. Probably we have heard about some celebrities and famous rap singers and how they use their money on drugs such as weed. For example, Snoop Dog, who is a world-famous weed smoker, had sang about weed and included weed-smoking scenes in some of his video clips (His fans know that very well and I'm one of them).
 
Finally, as I said, loving money means wanting more money. Therefore, some people, who already have lots of money, start illegal businesses in order to increase their wealth; for example, drug trafficking and arms trading.  
 
However, I must say that the love of money is not the root of all evil. Because some people, although they love money so much, know how to use their money properly. Some money-loving people for instance, donate their money to charity and and help poor people. In addition to that, some people invest their money and that can help society indirectly as it can help the economy of their country.
 
So, In my opinion, the love of money is not always bad and having a lot of money has its advantages and disadvantages depending on how individuals use the money.

5 comments:

  1. Absolutely true. Depend on the person, Money could be an evil.
    The most signifiant thing is for what we use money, I think:D

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  2. I think your rigth, too. Without money the world wouldn't work as we know it, so it is not just evil.

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  3. Yes , I'm agree with you.

    Having a lot of money has its advantages and disadvantages depending on how individuals use the money.

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  4. I can agree with your idea and hope your 4th and 5th paragraphs are the truth of getting and using much money.

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  5. I think you are right.

    Money is important sometimes but not always. I think we can earn too much money. But we can't lose our heart in it.

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