Jesus Vs Mammon
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JesusJesus AgainstAgainst MammonMammon
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““You cannot serve both God and Mammon” You cannot serve both God and Mammon” (Matthew 6:24)(Matthew 6:24)
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““I believe in one god: I believe in one god:
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth, , maker of all goods, maker of all goods, seen and unseen.”seen and unseen.”
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““I believe in Economic I believe in Economic Growth’s only Son: Growth’s only Son:
CapitalismCapitalism, who was , who was conceived by the conceived by the
power of Greed…”power of Greed…”
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““I believe in I believe in happiness through happiness through owning and using owning and using
more.”more.”
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It’s not just about owning…
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It’s about owning MORE and more…
and more…
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“Go Shopping”
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Mammon also performs creation ‘out of nothing’!
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““I believe in one holy, I believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic catholic and apostolic economyeconomy, and in the , and in the
communion of communion of unaccountableunaccountable corporations.”corporations.”
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In rural communities, everyone depended on each other and was thus accountable to the community…
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In the global economy, MNCs’ (with ‘limited liability’) can create
environmental havoc and wash their hands of it…
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Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea
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“If nations want to avoid war over diminishing
resources…they must both consume LESS and become
MORE self-sufficient.”
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But theo-capitalism says the opposite: “We should
become LESS self-sufficient and MORE globally
integrated as part of the overriding quest to
consume ever MORE.”Herman Daly, Ecological Economist
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Jakarta, INDONESIA
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West Virginia, USA
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All that the true God provides, false gods also offer…
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Identity
Transcendance
CommunitySecurity
REST!
Ecstasy
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Jesus vs.Theo-Capitalism:
3 Action-Steps from the Gospels
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Don’t be like the rich fool! (Luke 12:13-21)
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'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops….This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.'
SELF-INTEREST!
NEGLECT OF
OTHERS!
CONSUMPTION-
ORIENTED
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“You fool!”“This very night your life will be
demanded from you…This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich
toward God."
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“What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Answer: Love God…and love your neighbour as yourself (Luke 10:25-27)
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a.k.a. the parable of the unexpected neighbour
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#1 Serve the community and work for the common good
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“Today salvation has come to this
house. For the Son of Man came to seek and save
what was lost”
(Luke 19:9-10)
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“Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
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Tax-Collector ‘Hell’
• Exploitation for quick profits
• Creating a class of very rich and very poor i.e. growing inequality
• Oppressing / Cheating those in poverty
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#2 Connect ‘salvation’ with ‘justice’
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1,020THE NO. OF TIMES ‘JUSTICE’ APPEARS IN THE BIBLE
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“Do not worry…but seek first the kingdom of God
and His justice and all these things shall be
added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33
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#3 Train Ourselves in Gratitude
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Gratitude is Gratitude is an exercise in contentmentan exercise in contentment
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“Gratitude is an act of defiant
contemplation”
Brian McLaren, Pastor/Author
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Book References
• First ranking for mutual funds based on carbon footprinting (22 May, 2009), CSR Malaysia retrieved on 23rd May 2009 from http://www.csr-malaysia.org/news/world/first-ranking-mutual-funds-carbon-footprinting-20090522200/
• How the companies line up (March, 2009) Greenpeace, retrieved on 23rd May 2009 from http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up
• International Baccalaureate, http://ww.ibo.org
• Flickr, http://www.flickr.com
Photo Credits
Websites & Online Articles Consulted
• McLaren, B. (2008) Everything must change: Jesus, global crises and a revolution of hope, Nashville, TN:Thomas Nelson
• Stassen, G. & Gushee, D. (2003) Kingdom ethics: Following Jesus in contemporary context, Downers Grove, IL:Intervarsity Press
• Stiglitz, J. (2007) Making globalisation work, New York, NY:W.W. Norton