Materialism by Carol Wolman

Materialism by Carol Wolman

Deut 8: 3 Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

 

 We live in a materialistic culture.  We measure success by the neighborhood one can afford and the make of car one drives.  We all know that the policies of the US government are designed to maintain the American way of life, in which the US consumes far more than its share of the world's resources, and contributes far more than its share to global warming. 

 

This is why the Bush administration is tolerated- the American people appreciate having their oil supplies safeguarded and expanded.  This is why both leading candidates for president in the last election were pro-war, why our military budget is so bloated, why we are occupying Iraq illegally.  Americans are materialistic.

 

The new American religion, the evangelical church is "pro-free markets, they're pro-private property.  That's what evangelical stands for."- says Pastor Ted Haggard, founder and leader of the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs, and a crony of Bush.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/052805A.shtml

 

Material success is good in today's evangelical churches.  One cannot help but notice that many passages in the Bible are ignored by these folks, such as the one above. 

 

The Lord's prayer asks for daily bread, no more.  Jesus tells the rich young man to sell everything he has and follow Him.  But the evangelical Christians enjoy their private property, while millions around the world go hungry.

 

Jesus said you cannot serve both God and mammon.  The evangelicals around Bush try to do both.  There's something very wrong with this picture.

 

In the name of the Prince of Peace,  Carol Wolman