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The core driver of this behaviour is the belief that having more money will lead to greater happiness in the afterlife. [1] In modern society, "money is revered, feared, worshipped, and treated with the highest respect". [2] It is doubted that money cannot buy everything when people sell their organs, souls, and even children for money.
Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, seed-faith gospel, Faith movement, or Word-Faith movement) [1] is a religious belief among some Charismatic Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive scriptural confession, and giving to ...
[9] Paul continues on with the observation that "the love of money is the root of all evil." [10] Miller emphasizes that "it is the love of money that is the obstacle to faith, not the money itself." [5] Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words.
According to a study from 2015, Christians hold the largest amount of wealth (55% of the total world wealth), followed by Muslims (5.8%), Hindus (3.3%), and Jews (1.1%). ). According to the same study it was found that adherents under the classification "Irreligion", or other religions, hold about 34.8% of the total global
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More than 3000 empirical studies have examined relationships between religion and health, including more than 1200 in the 20th century, [5] and more than 2000 additional studies between 2000 and 2009. [6] Various other reviews of the religion/spirituality and health literature have been published.
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Religious beliefs can inform ordinary aspects of life including eating, clothing and marriage, as well as deliberately religious acts such as worship, prayer, sacrifices etc. As there are over 4,000 religions in the world, [ 1 ] there is a wide variety of behaviour.