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September 27, 2014, 11:21:16 PM

It depends what the main goal is?

Would it be nice to have the freedom to do more things in life?  Sure.  Money is just a necessary tool that can be used for great good in the world.  Money is useful and there are some things I would like to use it for, but there are many more important things in life than money!  But we should be wise with it too.  Some people think Bitcoin is a foolish investment.  I think keeping all of my cash in USD and stocks could be a foolish investment.  We put our trust in the wrong things sometimes.

I'm not even saying wanting to make money is bad, I mean we're all here, are we not? I'm trying to make as much money as I can too.. I'm just using you as an example to the forum for how you can make buttloads of hypothetical money and then still lose most of it due to tunnel vision and stubbornness in your beliefs.

I could lose every penny I have and that would be OK, really.  I can't trust in money.  We trust in money too much in this world unfortunately.

I think I do enjoy the adrenalin rush a little too much during a bubble though.  Perhaps that is wrong?  That could be greed.   Undecided  I need to think about that.  It is perhaps an area in my life I should pray about.

If you think I am stubborn about Bitcoin, don't even get me started about my Christian beliefs.   Cheesy  

Nonsense, your christian belief is adapted to fit your own desires. Greed of money is your belief. So nope, you are not stubborn, actually you are very flexible. The quotes I pasted clearly disagree with you praying about bitcoin price going up. No? Please refute me.

There is the dilemma I guess.  Money in of itself is not evil.  The LOVE of money is evil.  Do I love money?  I think it is hard not to be tempted by the comfort it can bring for sure.  I wrestle with this.  I am going to India in six weeks and I will be hit in the face and greatly humbled by those that can live lives of complete contentment and even joy with far less than I have.  So in a way you are right.  It is an area that I probably have some issues with, especially growing up in a rich area in the United States that is surrounded by every luxury we could ever want.  

Why do I want the price to go up though?  Well, I really wanted to bring a few thousand dollars more with me to India for one thing.  Also, I would love to send both my daughters to great Christian colleges at some point, which is pricey and I don't have the funds to do that either.  Also, my husband would really like to work at home and has some projects he is interested in doing but doesn't have the time to do them. I would like to think my motives are fairly pure, but maybe they are not.  It is something I should consider.