Do you think God will be upset if you made money through Stocks/Forex???

You never know what he'll get upset about. He's a pretty moody fella if you haven't noticed.

Not if you did so with honesty.

You know what Jesus famously said to the money changers.... "Give me 100 shares of DuPont at bid with a 5 point stop loss." Or something like that.

God can give you money, and God can take it away.

Yes but how about making money from stocks and forex which is reshuffling of wealth...

It's just like any other material / physical reward in this sphere. If you suck, you will lose it again.

stock trading is 'glorified' gambling

Well in jobs you actually get paid for your labor.
In stocks/forex you get paid A LOT for playing it better than others which is like NOT SPREADING LOVE but TAKING MONEY AWAY from people!

So I guess it's ok to take away money from EVIL people..
I should pray!haha

Yes I agree!

There is nothing especially glorious about it or more evil than indulging in other material pursuits.

But you should always know it is in fact 1)gambling with 2) debt.

Well I am questioning the morality of creating money from not producing anything productive/tangable to society!

God is too busy doing important shit,like starving kids in africa. He probably don't even know you exist.

Dude...lol
Only fools think that!

They lied to you, money is not the root of all evil. You gotta EAT don't you?

Stupidity on the other hand. Well hopefully you know the answer to that.

Not if you lose your ass.

It's not directly creating money, it's a carry trade with mostly other peoples debt, constituting a (perhaps mild) form of usury if you go according Christian and Islamic law. If you find a better way determining prices and allocating capital, be my guest.

And eventhough Jesus kicked the money changers out off the temple he also said render unto Caesar what was Caesar's, and befriended tax collectors/tax farmers.

If the markets are rigged how can it be honesty money? They are stealing from someone and indirectly you would be doing the same. God might consider it coveting.

Yes I need to eat but would you eat if you have to rob another person?



Why are u assuming it's debt?

Last Edited by Divine Love 4 ALL! on 06/12/2011 02:53 PM

But you or I on the other hand are not in this rigged scam!
But if we were to win money from it would it be wrong?

I understand very little about God. But I am sure he wouldn't care if you made money in financial markets.

Almost all of the things traded are some form of IOU, promises to pay or deliver a commodity fancily called options or derivatives.

Yup. Unless you can afford to lose money I wouldn't do it. It can become an addiction.

I believe it would be. The reasoning being we know the market is rigged and we can't plead ignorance. If the market riggers are stealing and we know it and accept the money. We are thieves too.

Do we remember the great mistranslation of the Bible?

One word and the whole thing goes off the rails.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

Now for the lost real translation.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

So honestly, truefully, which one is it?

Have you seen more evil because of the lack of money or love of money? Could be both I suppose.

Mostly everything fun is a sin so most likely he won't like it