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The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
"Unrighteous mammon" (Greek: του μαμωνα της αδικιας, tou mamōna tēs adikias) refers to wealth, or "money" in paraphrases such as that of J. B. Phillips, [9] although the debts which had been written down in verses 6 and 7 had been expressed as debts payable in measures of oil and wheat. [10]
During the Middle Ages, Mammon was commonly personified as the demon of wealth and greed. Thus Peter Lombard (II, dist. 6) says, "Riches are called by the name of a devil, namely Mammon, for Mammon is the name of a devil, by which name riches are called according to the Syrian tongue." Piers Plowman also regards Mammon as a deity.
In Pale Rider, Mammon is referred to by the preacher (Clint Eastwood) in the usual sense (You cannot serve both God and Mammon) in his deliberations with a corrupt businessman who has hired thugs and a grim band of deputies, in to run a settlement of gold prospectors off their claim so that he can extract all wealth from the land using destructive, deafening industrial methods.
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.
This category includes grief, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and other forms of moral injury and mental disorders caused or inflamed by war. Between the start of the Afghan war in October 2001 and June 2012, the demand for military mental health services skyrocketed, according to Pentagon data. So did substance abuse within the ranks.
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The introduction of the article "Mammon" ends with "However, modern researchers claim Jesus was merely referring to Caesar as mammon, god of money, because it was Caesar who claimed to be a god - on the tax coin - the god of money.[1]" The reference is cited as:"Who Would Jesus Tax?". Retrieved 8 December 2016.