{"id":4064,"date":"2015-09-29T18:21:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financiallyfitfoundation.org\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2015-09-29T18:21:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:21:55","slug":"pope-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-is-financial-fitness-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financiallyfitfoundation.org\/site\/pope-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-is-financial-fitness-a-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope: Money is the root of all evil. Is financial fitness a sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On his recent U.S. trip Pope Francis said a lot about money and our economy that I wholeheartedly agree with.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He also said that money is the root of all evil. My first thought was: Uh oh! Does that make financial fitness a sin?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I could immediately see the answer was &#8220;Hell naw!&#8221; The way I see it, he believes that NOT being financially fit is the sin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How can I say this?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said, &#8220;money sickens our minds, poisons our thoughts, even poisons our faith, leading us down the path of jealousy, quarrels, suspicion and conflict&#8230;&#8221; In the end, his point was that the worship of money is where humans have missed the mark.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By our view, the above describes someone who has a poor relationship with money, who doesn&#8217;t understand how money works, and thinks that life and happiness is about making the most money at all costs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That is the total opposite of the financially fit person who knows that money is not a competitive blood sport. A fit person knows how much they need to be satisfied and manages it intelligently without being desperate for more. They understand what money can and cannot provide. A financially fit person prioritizes spending by their values thereby avoiding the trappings of money that the pope describes as evil.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I believe he would encourage us all to be financially fit. Having a handle on our finances leaves room for us to turn our attention outward and concern ourselves with the problems facing humanity like poverty, injustice, and the destruction of the earth.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his recent U.S. trip Pope Francis said a lot about money and our economy that I wholeheartedly agree with. 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