Do you think that money is our enemy?

@harry89 (2330)
India
October 10, 2010 1:15pm CST
Yes i agree that we all love money and want to have more and more of it, but have you ever realized that money is our enemy? Because of money your friends and relatives may start to feel jealous of you, because of money you may get call from a gangster for ransum, because of the reason that your loved one is more rich than you he/she can make you feel poor or insult you anytime, have you ever experienced this? Do you think money is our enemy?
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
10 Oct 10
I think money is neither good nor evil. It is an inanimate object, a tool that can be used however you desire. It is people that use the money incorrectly that are our enemies.... With money, you can feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, heal the sick, and all sort of many great things that make money our friend. You can also do those nasty things you were talking of, but the choice is yours. God wants you to be successful, he wants you to be able to care for your family, he wants you to help the less fortunate, that is why when you tithe, you get great blessings. And then when you use your blessings to uplift others, you get even greater blessings. But, when you use your money for bad things, bad things will be happening to you. Either way, it is how you use and view money, your thoughts that can be your enemy not your money, because your money is just a tool that can be used for good, or used for evil, or lie dormant and do nothing. Sincerely and With Appreciation.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yea, you are right but i will say it in a different way that the money is both "good and"bad". And yes it depends on us how do we use it and sometimes it automatically becomes your enemy by the things i said earlier. Well, thanks for your response.
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
11 Oct 10
That is not saying what I said differently...that is saying something different. Money is nothing..have no consciousness, it can not be our friend or our enemy...only we ourselves by how we chose to use it can have that effect. You say it can be the ransom...well that means someone else is doing something bad, not the money... But, Thanks for trying.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
But don't you think that people do all bad things just becaus of their greed about money?
@maebelle (190)
• Philippines
11 Oct 10
yes... i've experienced that but its all about land titles... my uncle and his family and my mom havent spoken for a year i think and we already have a gap with them because of that. money will never be our enemy if we know how to handle it and we will never be greedy for it..
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, you have given a live example of how money can be evil. We just know how to handle it as you said and enjoy life with money and not to ruin others life. Thanks for your response.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, you have given a live example of how money can be evil. We just know how to handle it as you said and enjoy life with money and not to ruin others life. Thanks for your response.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Oct 10
AS far as I am concerned, I do not think that money is our enemy in our life. As we all need money in our daily which can help us a lot in our life and live more comfortablely.If you think money is our enemy,you can do not use money. In that way, how can you live in the world? How can you give waht you want to give to your family?
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well don't you think that there had not any money then it could have been a better world? Its only a man's greed of money for which he can kill even his family member, its so hard to say that money is not our enemy. Well, thanks for your response.
• United States
10 Oct 10
Money can be the root of all evil. There are those that will go against and above all odds to obtain it, while there are others who seem to feel that only the basics is what money is for. So either way you see it, it can hurt us as well as provide for us.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, i think money is the reason for almost all the evils here. Some desperate persons can do anything for money for exaple shooters who just shoot any person who they don't even know and thats just for money. Well, thanks for your response.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, i think money is the reason for almost all the evils here. Some desperate persons can do anything for money for exaple shooters who just shoot any person who they don't even know and thats just for money. Well, thanks for your response.
• China
11 Oct 10
i don't think so ! what money is depend on ourself. yes,money is very important ,without it we can't buy anything for living. but money is not everything.we also have friendship,true love and so on. everybody love money ,make money in law! then money is our friend what you say?
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, its in our hands how we use money afterall we have made it but mone also forces people to do bad things just to get money in a easy way and i think you would also agree to me in this sense, thanks for your response.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, its in our hands how we use money afterall we have made it but mone also forces people to do bad things just to get money in a easy way and i think you would also agree to me in this sense, thanks for your response.
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
11 Oct 10
There is a cliche that money is the root of all evil, but I don't think so. It is the people who govern money. So it depends on how people use it. How could an inanimate object be your enemy? It this is so then rocks, table, plate will be our enemy? The point people are sometimes greedy, using money for a wrong reason. Or gaining money through a bad way. Therefore money is not the enemy but a victim.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, you have explained it in funny way, just think about tables and chairs being of enemies... Lol that's just too funny. Yes you are right its human who controls the money, money doesn't control human, its just a human error. Thanks for your response.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, you have explained it in funny way, just think about tables and chairs being of enemies... Lol that's just too funny. Yes you are right its human who controls the money, money doesn't control human, its just a human error. Thanks for your response.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
10 Oct 10
NO, I don't think money is our enemy!!! However, I do feel that the love of money will be the downfall of this world!!!
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Ok, i agree with you a little, and i hope that, that downfall never comes. Thanks for your response.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
11 Oct 10
For me not but it is rote of all evil.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, you are right money is not our enemy but it is rout to evil, so we should be careful in how we use it. Thanks for your response.
@Jadsta (269)
• Gibraltar
10 Oct 10
I don't think money is our enemy. If there was no money or form of currency, life would just not work as we live with it now. We could not be civilised without some form of currency and trading, because nobody would feel the need to do anything in particular to live a better lifestyle. People who could grow food would be able to feed themsevles, but others who could not do that would simply not have anything to do. They would die if they had no means to obtain food. It is really very complex, and I can't really describe all of the different effects that there would be. There will always be money, or other forms of currency, because the world would not work for humans without it.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, you are absolutely right. No one could have given such a great answer, you really described the whole scenario so brilliantly. Yes you are right in the point that if farmers had not need money then maybe we don't get anything to eat. Thanks for such a great response.
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
Yes, I love money. And Yes, I also felt it sometimes, because of money people envy me. Because of money people abuse me by giving them free stuffs. They tend to want more, and I can have less for mine. This is just my opinion.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes its true that if a person is more richer than the other person then he will many times try to make you feel imperior, thats my personel experience. I think a rich person should not for get that he was not always like this, thanks for your response.
• China
11 Oct 10
I just know money never be a friend
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well yes, money can not be your friend as it can make you and break you. Thanks for your response.
@kodukodu84 (1569)
• Malaysia
11 Oct 10
Yes I believe money is my enemy most of the time because it takes away a lot of my resting time, it makes me not able to see people I love and have to always live far away from them because of not having money, not being able to go for leisure and do hobbies I like when I really want to because I have to find that money so I can eat. But at some point, I know it is not my enemy as well because I need it to keep going with life, so it is neither evil neither good to me. I just need it and that is what it is. Have a nice day
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Thank god someone agreed to me atleast in some part. Your are right we all have to work to earn money so as to live our life, enjoy with our family and for that we always have to do a lot of work as money dosn't come so easily. Thanks for your response.
@rifnee (1713)
• Indonesia
11 Oct 10
Depending on the people who have it, the money will be friends if he used that money to good things, and the money will become an enemy if he uses for evil. Believe me, a good person is one who does not display the luxury in front of others, until there will be no jealousy and envy, he was always helping others even if only a little money. Thanks
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes, a good person never show off his money but the bad people can make him suffer because of the greed of his money, ro money can trouble you even if you use it in a good way, thanks for your response.
• Philippines
11 Oct 10
For me, money is not an enemy.If you are the person who can't handle money in a right way then you will be in danger.In danger when it comes to financial matters.Let us accept the fact that all of us here are in need of money.That is the thing that keeps us going.Without money we cannot accommodate our basic necessities in life. It is one of the important things in this world We should not let money overpower us.Instead we should be the one controlling it.We must learn how to budget our money properly and invest it in good way.We must also learn how to share it to other people who are in need.Blessings come to those who are not greedy of money.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Yes money always keep us going and that's the reason we are here as you said. We should not be greedy of money we should just try to earn money with our honesty and not by taking shortcuts which can make your life a disaster. Thanks for your response.
@sumanadep (1228)
• India
11 Oct 10
I don't think that money could be the reason for all these.. It all depends upon your way of putting things.. It is your attitude towards them that make them feel different, jealous.. But if they are jealous even when you are being nice then I think you should not care about them they are not your friend.
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
11 Oct 10
I could fill a book with all the times someone has only thought of my family as people who have something they want! Not just the nickle in our pocket but labor and advice. I work in the financial industry and people have asked me to even jeopardize my good name in it and information I may know! They've gotten mad at me for turning them down! My mother-in-law ac used me of calling her friends liars because I didn't contribute to her friend's information leak about the bank her friend and I worked for. Which is more important, my good name or her favor?
10 Oct 10
I think that money is the thing that keeps us going, it was needed to control the people, if we had no money to be paid for some job done then no one would work, so I think money is our friend that helps us stay human beings.
@harry89 (2330)
• India
11 Oct 10
Well, yes you are right that its money which make us to work and we also know that some of those works may be bad like i said im my discussion, so its really a fact that money can be good but can be bad also. Thanks for your response.
@jameshe (126)
• Cameroon
11 Oct 10
yes
• Philippines
11 Oct 10
I agree that we all love money and want to have more ,but you ever have realized that money is our enemy,Because of money your friends and your relatives may start to feel jealous of you.