Pope Francis, if that's his real name, says that the unfettered or unbridled pursuit of money is "the dung of the devil". When pursuing anything, it is best to be unrestrained and to acquire whatever it is you're trying to acquire as efficiently as possible.
Suppose the Catholic Church in America lost its tax exempt status and was fettered with the same types of income taxes that businesses and corporations have to pay. Would that not be a good thing for the Church? After all, the Catholic Church presently is unfettered in its ability to pursue tithes and donations. It is unrestrained in pursuing the dung of the devil.
While the pope may have meant that an individual pursuing wealth without the restraint of a "moral yolk" is evil, his words say otherwise. There is nothing intrinsically immoral in the enthusiastic, vigorous pursuit of wealth. Many people do so without harming another human being. On the contrary, many do so at great benefit to others.
Before Jesus said, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's", he asked his disciples whose image was on a coin. His disciples replied, "Caesar's". It would behoove the pope to let Caesar have his coins and put all his work into saving souls instead of trying to save Sister Earth from capitalists. Damn commie.
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