About his new book, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters. You can listen to the interview here.
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About his new book, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters. You can listen to the interview here.
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posted December 21, 2009 at 11:37 am
If money, sex, and power are a curse then may God smite me with them.
All kidding aside, most people don’t have enough of these things to even come close to them being counterfeit Gods.
posted December 22, 2009 at 12:12 pm
MH – You don’t need to have something in order for it to be an idol. In fact, people who make a lot of money are often disappointed and it makes them less idolatrous. So to NOT have much ‘sex, money, and power’ can leave you very open to desiring them inordinately.
Tim Keller
posted December 22, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Tim Keller, thanks for the reply. I suppose you could be correct in the sense that a starving man would think of nothing but food.
What I had in mind is what I’ve seen while working at a financial services firm. I’ve seen people with money become prisoners of that money and their pursuit of more. I’ve also seen senior managers pursue more money and power at the expense of their free time, health, and families. The average employees at the company think such behavior is nuts.
But I’m not religious and I may be using a different yardstick of human behavior than you as well.