The Almighty Dollar

[DaleCutler]

Continuing the discussion from Interesting response to Kentucky "In God We Trust" sign law:

@Art

I think posting the back of a one dollar bill - what my city’s schools did - was clever. It (perhaps inadvertently, perhaps deliberately) conveys an additional message, namely that the almighty dollar is of paramount importance.

How can a conservative argue with that?

@DaleCutler

I’m not sure that the ‘beast’ in the book of Revelations is not the god Commerce that we all bow to, and the mark of the beast is on our wrists, wallet in hand, or literally, if we pay with our Apple watches. (Consider them to be phylacteries. )

(Christians should maybe consider how much casual commerce they engage in on the Lord’s Day of rest, or working in commercial jobs.)

Do any Christians think that 1 John 5:3 is intended to be ironic?

Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

Compare Jeremiah 17:21.