Dragaera

God's rocks (was: Re: Good books generally)

Tue Feb 25 04:25:26 PST 2003

Mark A Mandel wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, circadian rhyme wrote:
> 
> #Mark A Mandel writes:
> #  On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Warlord wrote:
> #  #Does that make logic the root of all evil ?  Money is 
> going to #  #be disappointed moving into 2nd place. #  It's 
> the love of money, not money itself. # #It's never love.  
> It's always lust.
> 
> I'm referring to the Scriptural quote, which many people get 
> wrong, as in this case. I don't have chap. & verse handy, but 
> will find them if someone insists. "... for the love of money 
> is the root of all evil."

In case anyone cares, 1 Timothy 6:10.  Here's a link that gives you the full
verse with a couple leading into it.

http://www.oremus.org/bible/browser.cgi?passage=1+Timothy+6.7-10&vnum=yes&ve
rsion=nrsvae
Or
http://tinyurl.com/6ecv

Note that the NRSV continues the sentence explicitly, "...of all kinds of
evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the
faith and pierced themselves with many pains."

I'd say that lust for money would be a fair paraphrase.  And to bring it all
back on topic, isn't that what _Orca_ is all (well not all, but partly)
about?