New Posts For Thread: A world built on materialism...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...Agnostic, what's the point in reviving a months old thread when your additional "contribution" isn't even on topic? If you'd like to participate in all the anti-Obama rants splattered all over this forum, you are perfectly within your rights to do sohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=363901749#363901749Agnostic, what's the point in reviving a months old thread when your additional "contribution" isn't even on topic? If you'd like to participate in all the anti-Obama rants splattered all over this forum, you are perfectly within your rights to do soSun, 01 Nov 2009 17:59:06 -0600Tim Geithner says the recession is over, and now he will focus on unemployment. Apparently, he and Obama did not focus on unemployment until now. They were concerned more about helping Obama's campaign contributors, especially Goldman Sachs, who gahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=363858741#363858741Tim Geithner says the recession is over, and now he will focus on unemployment. Apparently, he and Obama did not focus on unemployment until now. They were concerned more about helping Obama's campaign contributors, especially Goldman Sachs, who gaSun, 01 Nov 2009 12:32:59 -0600Most of us in the good ol USA have had it so good. We take for granted the material things that are just an arms length away. We're programed toward materialism, but so many people will have to learn to be satisfied with the more essential things. Lohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=362666113#362666113Most of us in the good ol USA have had it so good. We take for granted the material things that are just an arms length away. We're programed toward materialism, but so many people will have to learn to be satisfied with the more essential things. LoMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:03:46 -0500From a historical perspective, a certain amount of materialism makes sense.Materialism was made necessary by the Industrial Revolution. All that productive power required consumers to use up the products of industry, and it was largely young people whttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=320394149#320394149From a historical perspective, a certain amount of materialism makes sense.Materialism was made necessary by the Industrial Revolution. All that productive power required consumers to use up the products of industry, and it was largely young people wSat, 22 Aug 2009 16:08:21 -0500Indeed, change is the nature of the material world. I find the material world an interesting challenge, a place in the universe where matter, energy and spirit interact in a multitude of ways. The flowers in my garden are material, yet they also prhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=320349793#320349793Indeed, change is the nature of the material world. I find the material world an interesting challenge, a place in the universe where matter, energy and spirit interact in a multitude of ways. The flowers in my garden are material, yet they also prSat, 22 Aug 2009 08:18:35 -0500I could not agree more!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=320346977#320346977I could not agree more!Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:13:22 -0500Materialism is what Obama wants. He says Americans aren't spending enough. So he gave us Cash for Clunkers so people will buy new cars and spend more.Keynesian economics is for spending. The purpose for taxes is not to pay for spending, but to ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=320312911#320312911Materialism is what Obama wants. He says Americans aren't spending enough. So he gave us Cash for Clunkers so people will buy new cars and spend more.Keynesian economics is for spending. The purpose for taxes is not to pay for spending, but to iFri, 21 Aug 2009 22:26:54 -0500There is no better way to kill a thread than post ones Spiritual beliefs on a Forum that deals with such practical matters such as politics. For this I do aplogize!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=276448896#276448896There is no better way to kill a thread than post ones Spiritual beliefs on a Forum that deals with such practical matters such as politics. For this I do aplogize!Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:29:00 -0600Since this is beliefnet, where topics like spirituality are to be discussed.. I will express my Spirituality, The Earth is the footstill of G-d, as represented by serifot Malkuth, the 10th sefirot on the Tree of life. To me materialism is not goodhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=276322806#276322806Since this is beliefnet, where topics like spirituality are to be discussed.. I will express my Spirituality, The Earth is the footstill of G-d, as represented by serifot Malkuth, the 10th sefirot on the Tree of life. To me materialism is not goodMon, 02 Mar 2009 19:03:30 -0600No, I do have a latent defensiveness to atheism, or materialism, or anything like that. I do, however, understand that many theists do consider atheism and "strict materialism," as one Christian so clearly explained to me on the Christian Debate Boarhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/13805631/A_world_built_on_materialism...?post_id=276225871#276225871No, I do have a latent defensiveness to atheism, or materialism, or anything like that. I do, however, understand that many theists do consider atheism and "strict materialism," as one Christian so clearly explained to me on the Christian Debate BoarMon, 02 Mar 2009 09:32:34 -0600