Thursday, October 11, 2007

Spiritual fulfillment through material wealth?

OK, I know this is an old question, but what about this. It seems everyone buys into this. And, at some level there is a little truth to it. It is hard to be happy if you are starving, and enough money to not have to worry about having money helps ease stress, but many people have enough money to live comfortable lives but make thier lives uncomfortable by pursuing material wealth to the point where they can no longer afford thier lifestyle. Why do we put ourselves into so much debt? What do we hope to attain by this? Is it spiritual fulfullment through material wealth?

Along the same lines:

There is something else I have been noticing here in Memphis lately too. I see many companies advertising themselves as Christian. They seem to be mostly in the car repair and building industries: "Annointed Oil Car Repair", "Christian Brother's Tire and Battery", Noah's Arc Plumbing" to name a few.

What about all of this? The Christian names in the titles tend to make me more worried about doing business with these people rather than being reassured. What do you guys think?