I am postering the notion of the evil(s) of money. Is it really evil? We've all heard the statement that money is not evil but it's man's uses and intentions for it. However, what if money really is evil? I mean what if money is actually a concept that's born of the devil, and everytime we spend money or use money for our benefit we are actually using the devil to interact in daily life. Devil backwards = lived and we use money in our daily lives to thrive. Just think of all the evil we have to do in order to get more of it; backstabbing, lying, cheating, forgery, etc.. Basically we have to break all of the deadly sins in order to get it and the more we break those sins the more we seemingly get.

I know this probably isn't the case but I'm just wondering. Where else can I pose this type of question but here on ATS?

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. -(1Tim 6:10) Money has no power...but the things people will do for it, certainly does.

It is not money that is evil, it is the love of money that is.

Pursuing monetary gain at the cost of all else is evil.

To simplify it down to the very core of it, GREED is evil.

Money is just the current object of obsession, 10000 years ago it was probably sheep, salt or something similar.

You're right money IS evil. Sigh.......... ok send me all your money and I will bare the burden for you.

I'm inclined to agree with on of the above posters that the need some people have for monetary gain is the true evil. The length that some people go to acquire money is beyond belief. Can a society work without currency? Well, that's a thread in itself. I am curious though, why was this posted in space exploration, a mistake?

Anything that can set differences between us are evil:
Money, Races, Religions, Human-Animals (we forgot that we are animals too and we think animals are lower than us and deserved to be hunt as games, etc), Skin Colors, Genders, etc

Money? the root of all evil or just evil?

send me all of your money and i will evaluate it at no additional charge.

Originally posted by Di0nysis
Can a society work without currency?

I think it can.

But you have to remove the greed for it to work.

Money is not any more evil than a rock. Nor money is a problem the motives or goals is what f's everything up for the regular consumer.

For example healthcare: Corporations make more money by giving you medicine that is required to be taken consistently for the rest of your live versus coming up with a cure.

If a pharmaceutical corporations got paid to keep you healthy then the general public would most likely be healthy since that would be their goal in order to get paid. Versus the current model where they get paid when you are unhealthy.

It all about the motive. Both ways they pharmaceutical corporation gets money its how they get paid that effects society.

desire and attachment are the root of "evil"

Money is what everyones thinking about now a days, most humans will do almost anything just to have there hands on it

While I think money can cause a lot of evil, I don't think everything that is bought with it is evil. For instance, the two prostitutes I bought last night were kinky, yes, but certainly not evil.