Comments on: On Rockefeller, Being Rich and Being Religious http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/on-rockefeller-being-rich-and-being-religious/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark N. http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/on-rockefeller-being-rich-and-being-religious/#comment-6773 Mark N. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:04:14 +0000 http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/on-rockefeller-being-rich-and-being-religious/#comment-6773 <i>Many eminent nineteenth-century theologians took the Calvinist view that wealth was a sign of God’s grace and poverty a telltale sign of heavenly disfavor.</i> That clinches it: God hates me. :-) Many eminent nineteenth-century theologians took the Calvinist view that wealth was a sign of God’s grace and poverty a telltale sign of heavenly disfavor.

That clinches it: God hates me. :-)

]]> By: seneca http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/on-rockefeller-being-rich-and-being-religious/#comment-6743 seneca Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:58:27 +0000 http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/on-rockefeller-being-rich-and-being-religious/#comment-6743 A thoughtful and interesting post! I have been found of telling people that there is no religion on Earth that says one may devote himself to the pursuit of money. I am surprised that I am wrong. I prefer the ancient Greeks who taught that we all need to be comfortable, and anything beyond that makes us too subservient to money, and less human. Rockefeller funded the University of Chicago. One of the reasons, among many, was to provide a counter to the Methodists who had just opened Northwestern University. He wanted the University of Chicago to be the Oxford of the Midwest. For many years, all buildings were replicas of the buildings at Oxford, including their placement relative to one another. The buildings still stand, and are still beautiful. A thoughtful and interesting post!

I have been found of telling people that there is no religion on Earth that says one may devote himself to the pursuit of money. I am surprised that I am wrong.

I prefer the ancient Greeks who taught that we all need to be comfortable, and anything beyond that makes us too subservient to money, and less human.

Rockefeller funded the University of Chicago. One of the reasons, among many, was to provide a counter to the Methodists who had just opened Northwestern University.

He wanted the University of Chicago to be the Oxford of the Midwest. For many years, all buildings were replicas of the buildings at Oxford, including their placement relative to one another. The buildings still stand, and are still beautiful.

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