Money and Religion
One simple question is whether you can give money to the poor if you are rich.
Another questions is how much you will protect yourself and your wealth from the poor.
Most of people think in their hearts that they will not give money to the poor, at least unconditionally. And they think most probably that they would take measures as much as possible to defend themselves, their families, and their wealth.
So, super rich men try to have connection with politicians who have political and administrative power in addition to an influence on the police. Politicians in return get big money or some financial support from super rich men if they help them keep their wealth so safely.
The key to objectively understanding this situation is for us to assume presence of Satan in the form of money.
This situation in the human society is a process of Satan conquering human minds. In this money-contaminated society, even a dollar cannot be earned by a man without joining any evil scheme in the world. Indeed, even a dollar cannot be kept by a man without taking any evil strategy to.take advantage of people of good will.
With money to earn or keep, one would regard all the others as enemies. They would resort to any means to steal money, a man would think. Accordingly, he would play more effective tricks. He will never refer to the Bible in doing so.
Satan is in money. As soon as a man gets any money, he will establish an emotional bond with Satan. He will love money, which means he loves Satan. It is because money allows him to satisfy any desire. Even a church being financially run with money cannot be free from an influence of Satan. Church members and management would admit power of money in their religious life. But such religious life has a dark shadow behind the altar that is Satan.
Put simply, the Vatican looks too splendid. Satan must be hiding somewhere in the big buildings in the precincts of the Vatican.
However, Muslims also love to build magnificent mosques and minarets. Many devils must be wandering in the Islamic society, too.
In Japan, traditionally Japanese Buddhists have loved to build big (wooden) temples and shintoists also built big (wooden) shrines if possible. But shintoism also regards some mountains as they are as shrines. Mt. Fuji is the main body of a shinto shrine.
Even today Japanese people think it is a kind of religious act to observe rising of the sun from the top of Mt. Fuji in the early morning of January 1. Truly when they are watching sunrise, they must forget how much money they have.
When you understand how Japanese feel on watching Mt. Fuji, you get closer to God in your religion.
And, nobody thinks Satan is on the summit of Mt Fuji.
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Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.