Does the Bible actually mandate materialism?

by WTWizard 8 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    Check Proverbs 13:22--

    One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons, and the wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.

    Bear in mind that this comes right from their own Bible! Right out of the Not Well Translated version. Notice that this seems to be a direct order that anyone that is good must leave an inheritance to children and grandchildren. Which is pretty difficult to do if one is skipping all those good job opportunities and/or wasting resources on gas and Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund donations. They go bashing materialism, claiming that people are happiest at or just above the poverty line where they can save nothing and invest nothing--hence, leaving nothing for an inheritance.

    Notice also that it does not mention leaving an inheritance to the Washtowel Babble and Crap Slaveholdery. Yet, the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger consistently insists on leaving everything to that organization. Leave your assets to the Washtowel. Put them in your will. What that does is cuts out your children and grandchildren right out of your will--going directly against this scripture. And that is right out of their favorite part of the Bible--the Old Testament! Jesus himself verified it by illustrating that people ought to be multiplying their wealth, not just storing it as dead wood (let alone wasting it pio-sneering, dogging earning it by working part-time so you can pio-sneer, or giving it all to the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund).

    And investing so you can leave an inheritance that is actually going to be worth something? True, I didn't buy even one ounce of silver for religious reasons (discounting slapping the Washtowel in the face when they had that self-righteous pig bashing investment silver as "too worldly"). But, when they are bashing investment silver (which will hold its value, even though the banks keep molesting the price of paper "silver"), are they even allowing the members to leave an inheritance to children and grandchildren? Remember, a degree of materialism is required if one is to have anything worth leaving to children and grandchildren.

    Of course, the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger will hear nothing of that sort. They insist that, even if one can use their own Bible to prove their doctrines wrong (as I just did here), one is supposed to go by and TEACH the bad doctrine (that all materialism is bad) until the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger itself changes it (usually to something even worse). And, by then, it will be too late. Do you act ahead of the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger and get a decent job while silver is still something that remotely resembles affordable, or do you wait for them to act and by then hyperinflation will have destroyed your wealth? Or, worse yet, it will all end up in the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund? For once, the Bible itself (even their own Bible) is common sense--it makes sense to live well and leave your children and grandchildren a decent inheritance whether you are Christian, Muslim, an Eastern religion, atheist, or a Devil worshiper. But, as usual, the Jehovah's Witlesses defy such common sense.

  • LostGeneration
    LostGeneration

    Money is just another way leading people out of the cult.

    If you have disposable income, there is a better chance that you will spend it on the weekends on travel, home improvements, and other recreation. If you are doing these things, then you probably aren't peddling WT and Awake magazines. There might even be a change you miss the hardcore Sunday indoctrination session known as the Watchtower study. Keep missing meetings and service, and you might discover the world isn't really filled with crack-smoking, wife-swapping, demon-worshipping people.

  • Broken Promises
    Broken Promises

    WT:

    Why are you so obsessed with silver? You manage to bring it into every post you make!

  • Maze
    Maze

    it-2 p. 811 Righteousness

    Benefits of Righteousness. God loves the righteous and cares for them. David wrote: “A young man I used to be, I have also grown old, and yet I have not seen anyone righteous left entirely, nor his offspring looking for bread.” (Ps 37:25) Solomon said: “Jehovah will not cause the soul of the righteous one to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked ones he will push away.” (Pr 10:3) God is to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by Jesus Christ, and he will create “new heavens and a new earth” in which righteousness is to dwell. (Ac 17:31; 2Pe 3:13) Eventual possession of the earth is promised to the righteous; the wicked are to be cleared out of the earth as “a ransom” for the righteous, for as long as the wicked are in control, the righteous cannot have peace. And the possessions of the wicked will go to the righteous, as the proverb states: “The wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.”—Pr 13:22; 21:18.


    No, the Bible doesn't mandate materialism.

    However, those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains. 1 Timothy 6:9-10

    How does WTWizard interpret 1 Timothy 6:9-10 as s/he miserably failed on Proverbs 13:22?

  • Maze
    Maze

    "the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger"

    What does this mean?

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    Silver? I think a lot more people are going to be obsessed with it after hyperinflation, started with these endless QE projects, destroys the paper currency.

    And, one needs to be able to work for, earn, and protect a decent amount of wealth. Good money management skills are important--one cannot leave an inheritance to children and grandchildren if one continually wastes wealth or is continually in debt. But, one cannot leave a reasonable inheritance or enjoy one's wealth if all they ever do is waste all their time and resources in field circus or donate it all to the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund. Which is bad money management--which the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger expects out of the witlesses.

  • Heaven
    Heaven

    the wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.

    This sounds like JWs salivating over which homes they're gonna occupy after Armageddon arrives.

  • cantleave
    cantleave

    Maze can you not work out that filthful and disgraceful slave bugger is an extremely apt term for your leaders. Your mediators! The 7 seven stupid looneys in brooklyn.

  • hoser
    hoser

    right from the watchtower"

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    Have you made provisions to care for your family in case you suffer an untimely death? Proverbs 13:22 says: “One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons.” In addition to an inheritance of knowledge of Jehovah and a relationship with him, parents would be interested in providing materially for their children. In many lands responsible family heads will try to have some savings, a legal will, and insurance. After all, God’s people are not immune to “time and unforeseen occurrence.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) Money is “for a protection,” and careful planning can often avert hardship. (Ecclesiastes 7:12) In lands where medical care is not paid for by the government, some may choose to set aside funds for health needs or arrange for some type of health coverage."

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