Why are Christians so rich
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I cant help but notice that a lot of Christians are flithy rich
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they rich coz they not poor
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Do you have statistics to back this statement up? Certainly not ALL christians are materially well off.
Anyway, if anyone manages his wealth well there is nothing wrong in being rich. -
lol your statement is futile
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Funny thing you brought this up.
3 of my relatives who are christians live in huge houses in the bukit timah area, each relative owns at least 3 cars, and one of them has a swimming pool IN the house. For the rest of my relatives, they're not christians and well they don't have that kind of wealth. Maybe its just me, or I have few relatives. -
'cos Robert Kyosaki said in Rich Dad Poor Dad we should be generous and give to the church.Originally posted by chronicles:I cant help but notice that a lot of Christians are flithy rich -
The more spacious churches usually have more rich members, the more humble churches have a mix usually.Maybe my impression is created because i have gone to many churches where expatriates(they are usually rich) have gone before
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statistically, its very vague to say "christians are rich"
not every christians are rich, in fact, there are many christians who gave up everything to do mission works and help out in 3rd world countries.
many christians died defending their faith, or just being in the faith alone. (eg, the 3 christian girls in indonesia)
how about the thousands of christian believers in african tribes? are they rich? i hardly think so..
but i'll twist your words a little. not all christians are rich in monetary goods. But they're rich in the heart.
but there are christians who are rich, filthy or otherwise. And i really don't see anything wrong with being rich.. as long as it isn't used for evil purposes. After all, its our God's blessing.
It's really an old argument. You can say the money can be used to help less fortunate people. But how do you know the rich christians didn't help? Maybe they help alot, but for every dollar they give to the poor, God blesses him 100 fold?
tell you something.. there are only 3 types of people who say money isn't important - the rich, the insane, and the "spiritual" -
This phenomena is obvious in singapore and I see the following reasons, but only for the chinese community.
1)Christians here are mostly english speaking. Generally the english speaking families here are in the high or middle income group. Civil servants (esp. the senior ones, since colonial time), and all professionals speak english. That is why christianity is regarded as western religion, angmoh ga.
2) on the other hand, chinese speaking only or those who quit schools before 0 level and turn to speaking dialects and english chinese form the majority of the population, in the middle or lower income group or the grass root level. Most of the 1 million buddhists, 200,000 taoists are among them and the others simply practise chinese traditional rituals. There are not many christian churches that cater to this group of ppl.
3) There are some very rich chinese speaking only singaporean, mostly in their own business but they are usually very strong buddhists or simply cannot accept christianity which to them is western culture and influence.
4) Christianity holds very strong position against gambling and unhealthy lifestyle, whereas followers of other religions believe that it is the good deeds they do that count. IMHO, those who gamble will never be rich.
Christians are still the minority among singaporen. Many churches are sending missionaries to thailand, india and other distant places, but how many churches, especially the english speaking ones, conduct ministry to reach the poor, chinese speaking populations in singapore?? well, these ppl usually have very strong traditional religious background and are difficult ppl, plus home ministry is definitely less noble sounding than overseas mission, leave it to the chinese churches, i suppose.
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he did not say all, just a lot.Originally posted by sillyme:Do you have statistics to back this statement up? Certainly not ALL christians are materially well off.
Anyway, if anyone manages his wealth well there is nothing wrong in being rich.
and it is quite true.
but i prefer to see it the other way.
the rich mostly choose to become christians. -
Christians are still the minority among singaporen. Many churches are sending missionaries to thailand, india and other distant places, but how many churches, especially the english speaking ones, conduct ministry to reach the poor, chinese speaking populations in singapore?? well, these ppl usually have very strong traditional religious background and are difficult ppl, plus home ministry is definitely less noble sounding than overseas mission, leave it to the chinese churches, i suppose.
tell me about it man. but churches like chc do focus on home ministry. inviting friends and family?
lol, strong traditional religious background and difficult people eh.. that would explain my mum getting her butt kicked.
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wat u see is not all u get
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really? i want to be rich.
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For a moment i tot topic starter mean christians are money minded
No idea, but i dont see the link between a faith and wealth, sounds like the usual cultish chc proclamation -
There are also chinese masses for the chinese educated what
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There are dialect Masses too. You just need to know where to look.Originally posted by chronicles:There are also chinese masses for the chinese educated what -
I remember going CHC last time and heard Rev. Kong preaching.Originally posted by laurence82:For a moment i tot topic starter mean christians are money minded
No idea, but i dont see the link between a faith and wealth, sounds like the usual cultish chc proclamation
He said something about associating with the correct people, ie. you associate with rich people you more likely to be rich.
If you every Sunday (at least) mingle with the rich in CHC .. sooner or later you pick up some financial life skills. Maybe they give you tips about the stock market? -
haha.Originally posted by Icemoon:I remember going CHC last time and heard Rev. Kong preaching.
He said something about associating with the correct people, ie. you associate with rich people you more likely to be rich.
If you every Sunday (at least) mingle with the rich in CHC .. sooner or later you pick up some financial life skills. Maybe they give you tips about the stock market?
christians arent suppose to gamble right? -
most philipinos are catholics and christians, so are the mexicans and latin americans, are most of them rich?
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in my example, no one is gambling. Please .. investment is not gambling.Originally posted by dragg:haha.
christians arent suppose to gamble right? -
maybe they are rich in their own country?Originally posted by leddy:most philipinos are catholics and christians, so are the mexicans and latin americans, are most of them rich? -
Some Christians are rich. Some Buddhists are rich. Some Muslims are rich. Some Free Thinkers are rich. Some Taoists are rich. So, wealth is not confined to a certain belief group only... in fact that reminds me, I went to the REN CI CHarity Dinner last Sunday and The REVEREND MING YI put up his own personal item for auction... I think it was a Buddhist bead.... and from $1000 base price, it shot up to $100,000. Winner was the boss of Teh Yi Jia, Popiah King, Sam Gwee.... Well that was a rich buddhist (or whatever his religion) putting his wealth to good use....
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i think for ur case... it's becoz singaporeans are generally rich, just so those who are rich happened to be christians.. i know alot of non christians are very rich tooOriginally posted by ditzy:Funny thing you brought this up. 3 of my relatives who are christians live in huge houses in the bukit timah area, each relative owns at least 3 cars, and one of them has a swimming pool IN the house. For the rest of my relatives, they're not christians and well they don't have that kind of wealth. Maybe its just me, or I have few relatives. -
I dont think wealth has got anything to do with religion
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... and i think going heaven or hell nothing to do with religion alsoOriginally posted by X-men:I dont think wealth has got anything to do with religion