05 October 2012

Hating the Rich is a Hand-Me-Down

I keep wondering why there is such a hatred for the rich.

And what qualifies as being rich?

Let's say rich points to someone who has more than we have--otherwise, we'd hate ourselves.

So that rich someone who has probably worked hard and smartly for what he/she has somehow deserves to be hated.

I can't wrap my mind around why.

I can only figure that that hatred is a hand-me-down attitude and choice, learned from another someone that we somehow trust or look up to.

I'm pretty sure that that process is idolship that destroys.

Bottom line: it's envy.

Who wants to immerse themselves in envy for someone who has no reason to be hated except for the virtue of hard and smart work, leaving us haters in the awkward position of explaining to God that we accepted a very unwise hand-me-down attitude?

Better to think for yourself.

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