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- georgesIII0
I believe you're talking about Moses,
and it wasn't objects but false Idols.- but yes, It is more or less the same thinggeorgesIII
- or maybe he was talking about Jesus and materialsm...set
- And it wasn't Moses either. It was God Himself. Moses only read the 10 commandments.
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- sequoia0
"people into camping-outside-a-shop assholes"
case and point
- My Blood I-Phone creates great jobs for people.jacklalane
- huh?sequoia
- cerberus0
Jesus also fucked a prostitute.
- <lowimpakt
- he also didn't walk on water.sequoia
- He also had a Father and his Mother was no virgin.cerberus
- ...and, according to the dead sea scrolls, impregnated that same prostitute and fathered 2 children.Sandder
- and said prostitute/mother moved to france as documented in the historically accurate Da Vinci CodeAmicus
- hahaukit
- OP310
materialism is fun
- CALLES0
you mean as in teating women as objects right?
- Lifeinvector0
The answer is yes?
- ukit0
Well, this is what the Bible tells us
Idolatry is usually defined as worship of any cult image, idea, or object, as opposed to the worship of a monotheistic God.
When Moses went up onto Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments (Exodus 19:20), he left the Israelites for forty days and forty nights (Exodus 24:18). The Israelites feared that he would not return and asked Aaron to make gods for them (Exodus 32:1). Aaron complied and gathered up the Israelites' golden earrings. He melted them and constructed the golden calf. Aaron also built an altar before the calf. And the next day, the Israelites made offerings and celebrated.
The Lord told Moses that his people had corrupted themselves, and he planned to eliminate them. However, Moses argued and pleaded that they should be spared (Exodus 32:11), and the Lord relented. Moses went down from the mountain, but upon seeing the calf, he too became angry. He threw down the tablets upon which God's law had been written, breaking them. Moses burnt the golden calf in a fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on water, and forced the Israelites to drink it. Aaron admitted collecting the gold, throwing it into the fire, and said it came out as a calf. Moses then gathered the sons of Levi and set them to slaying a large number of men (3000). A plague struck the Israelites. Nevertheless, the Lord stated that he would one day visit the Israelites' sin upon them.
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- lalzukit
- you should read what happend before they ran out of Egypts, it a well hidden thinggeorgesIII
- http://www.youtube.c…prophet
- zenmasterfoo0
So your desire to purchase the new iphone has brought you to this place, eh? You've run smack into the need for technology and material objects to feel fulfilled. Aww. Boo boo baby wanna huggie..
Tomorrow you'll get past the conflict and buy the damned thing, only to have the same battle with yourself next time Steve Jobs or Taco Bell wants you to buy something. Or you'll buy some skinny jeans and get new rims for your single speed. What ever the case, you'll be fine.
- Me? Not really, I haven't even upgraded to the 3GS yet.ukit
- digdre0
how about dadaism
- fooler20
I want a new iPhone even though my first gen iPhone works fine.
I want the new Xbox 360 even though I hardly play video games and my PS3 works fine. Yes materialism has gone to far but I still want them and will probably get them.
- harlequino0
Being against materialism is so hot right now.
- It's more the acquisition than the material, innit?TheBlueOne
- who in the 'are you there god, it's me margaret' are you?harlequino
- inteliboy0
But aren't we part of the problem? Designer/marketing/ad men?
- fair point, some designers sole job is to make things appear desirable and irresistible.Hombre_Lobo
- inteliboy0
It's pretty soul destroying when you grow up with all these grand ideas, knowing you are a "creative" type... then one day realise all you're going to end up doing is help businesses sell their shit. I try to push in other directions, but bills gotta be payed.
Also hate it in certain agencies how the CD's walk around like they are pure king dick creative geniuses, when in reality they spend their day trying to sell nappies and hair products.
First world problems I know.... but it's all part of it right...
- ETM0
So I'm driving my Hummer H1 to the store and I thought, "screw BP!", those jerks polluting the environment and all. So I fulled up for the second time today at the Shell instead.
I looked at my iPhone 3GS and thought "ick, so lame" and I pre-ordered a new iPhone 4. Sure my 3GS looks and works great, but Steve says there is a new one. So I'll just throw it in the drawer with the first 2 iPhones that still work.
So I pull up to the BestBuy and get a new 60" Bravia TV that is 3D capable. Sure I just bought a beautiful 50" 11 months ago, "but it's not 3D dude! I am going to watch the World Cup in 3D and pretend like i know what's going on and act like I always watched soccer (football)!". So I try to load it in the Hummer, but it doesn't fit. Hmmm, guess I need a bigger vehicle. Maybe I shouldn't have the 6 subs and 22 speakers in the back taking up space and waking people up at 3am when I drive by.
When I get in the condo I check in to Facebook and update my status to "I'm wasted bros!! Woooo!!" I log into my bank and see that I've got $50K on my LOC, but that's cool cause my limit is $60k. Good times. Let me see if Apple has put anything else out I can purchase that still work perfectly. I do have to support those Chinese slave factory cities after all, if I don't who will?
- I am glad I am not in advertising. They may not have liked my copy. :)ETM
- dorf0
Everyone is materialistic to some extent.
In the western "world" we see it (a lot) more because people have never had to suffer from poverty/hunger and we take everything for granted - we throw away massive amounts of food each day and buy things that aren't necessary at all (segways, hummers, etc.).
It is also part of our culture. our minds have been manipulated to think that 'unless you have this new gadget/car/etc.' you're inferior to others. (Take a look at any commercial, you'll see this as one of the strategies that marketers employ).
The recent economic pinch (the downturn is yet to come) may have altered a few peoples' attitudes towards buying things, but not a lot. There's also the idea that it may just be an inherent human characteristic to have the newest/best things... I'm not so sure that I agree with that though.