The Parable Of Fool Rich Man

It is not wrong to accumulate wealth. If someone thinks that the only reason for the rich to accumulate wealth is so that they, the poor can get it is wrong and they are envious and greedy It is also known as communism. What Jesus meant was that the rich man did not give glory to God and forgot it was God who gave him the ability to get these riches. His selfishness was a result of not realizing that God was in charge. Because if he had realized that God had given him the ability and had made the rain fall at the right time,etcc. so that he had a bountiful harvest, he would have been more giving and perhaps hired more men to reap his crops, given to the poor, etc. In other words, he would have been so thankful to God that the result would that he would have wanted to help others. And if he had depended on God, God would have given him wisdom, like perhaps instead of lettilng it sit in the barns and eventually get destroyed by rats, mice, and insects, to sell it on the market, and buy things from others who would have given the local merchants more business, the domino effect.

Do you mean the Parable of The Foolish Rich Man? I don't think this parable has much to do with there being anything wrong with accumulating wealth & being rich. Rather that one should not rely on material wealth nor possessions for security. Jesus goes into great detail about how these can be made worthless very easily. So the purpose or intention is very important. I think though that there is a deeper meaning still, but I need more time to examine this in light of what I have on the matter. Maybe another time.

There's nothing wrong with accumulating wealth. The wrong is when that wealth becomes more important to us than anything else. While these passages seem to address hoarding, I believe the greater truth is that the rich man was worshiping his wealth in a sense. When money becomes god, we become idiots.

Mark, 10,23-27 it's meant literally. But it's also logical. Just imagine what a rich man could do with his money. He could save lifes! Say a man had a million dollars. He could perhaps save a hundred lifes (people dying from starvation etc). But if he only uses 500,000 $ to save lifes he's still rich and 50 people will still die. Now, if he had spent the other 500,000 $ (okay, saving a few bucks for himself ;-)) to save those other 50 people there would certainly be no reason to not let him into the ''kingdom of God''. But he kept the money and thereby comitted multiple involuntary manslaughter. Well, if that doesn't keep him from entering the kingdom of God then I don't know what does :D I think that what those bible passages show is that money is the source of all evil. If it didn't exist there would be a lot less wars, injustice, hunger, greed, envy, corruption ... you name it. So what does this mean for us? I think we don't have a real choice in the world do we. The world is f*cked up by money and anyone who tries to survive without it will most likely fail. What we need to do is to work for and head towards a society and future where money loses its dominant role. A world in which people share everything and where people rather appreciate the well-being of others (including other living beings and not just humans) than their own. Certainly not an easy task :-) Cheers