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[Norbert Bollow]

groundhog3000 at yahoo.com wrote:

> Like I said in my rant earlier.  Bill Gates is just one of many men 
> caught up in the greed and power of the corporate world.  Some say
> it takes a certain kind of attitute to get to the top, and that it
> isn't the top of the corporate ladder that makes men corrupt, but
> the journey that rewards them to sell out.  Or perhaps it's that
> they were already greedy and corrupt and the corporate structure
> simply refined their skills.

I think it's very human to get tempted by a desire to get rich.  As
Paul said, "the love of money is a root of all evil".

> Who knows, but if anyone needs Jesus, it's the heads or major
> corporations, like Bill Gates and their co-horts like Paul Allen.

Yes, but the sad thing is that rich people are generally incapable
of accepting grace.  I think it's a kind of mental disability.

Blessings,
Norbert.