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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
After all, money is the root of all evil, right?  |
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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
Not quite.
The full quotation from I Timothy 6:10 is the love of money is the root of all evil. |
The more accurate translation is
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Thus
- It's the "love of" (or desire for) money, not the money itself.
- It's "A" root - as in, "one of several roots", not the "only" root.
- It's a root of many different kinds of evil (such as embezzlement, theft, cheating, illicit HGH/steroid use, tax evasion, burglary, etc). Not that all evil in the world comes from this one root.
Not that this impacts the main argument in any way, of course.