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Did you and I grow up in the same country? The entire puritan work effort is based on this premise in some way or another. The more religious you are the more
by apercu 5y ago
Did you and I grow up in the same country? The entire puritan work effort is based on this premise in some way or another.
The more religious you are the more you appear to believe your wealth is a god-given right and that everyone else is a lazy no-gooder trying to steal the fruits of your hard work.
- vorpalhex 5y agoPuritanism typically holds that work is required, both historically and with the remnants we might see in more conservative protestants. Love of wealth - and particularly displays of wealth - would be failures of modesty and humility which are core values. Simply having wealth, especially wealth not shown but used for charity, would be considered a result of hard work. The puritans didn't wear drab clothes because they lacked decent dyes, they wore them as an element of modesty. Alms to the poor was not considered a bad thing, it was religiously required, especially when used to evangelize. [1] - https://www.apuritansmind.com/stewardship/rykenlelandpuritansandmoney/ https://www.apuritansmind.com/stewardship/rykenlelandpuritan...