Currency in Aman and Arda?

[Puddleglum]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

After all, money is the root of all evil, right?

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

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.