I haven't seen Christians worshipping or idolizing the rich. In my circles it is almost the opposite. What I see, all too often, is Christians talking about politicians like they are saviors and treating the American flag like an idol and destroying anyone who doesn't treat their idol with proper respect. I like our flag, but I don't pledge allegiance to it (my allegiance is to God alone) and I treat it with general respect, but don't have a fit if someone else doesn't. I think one politician is significantly better than another, but even the best, someone like Ron Paul, still has his faults and is unable to fix the mess we are in.
Politicians should not be treated like gods or saviors and the flag should not be treated like an idol.
Yes, agreed. Politicians, like the wealthy, are mere men.
I'm going around knocking on doors to get people to buy tickets to buy uniforms for my local youth baseball team. The more tickets I sell, the better chance I have to go see the great baseball team in the big city. When I knock on those doors, I tell them, when I get to the stadium in that far off city I'm going to yell and cheer for our professional baseball team the most and I'm going to get everyone from our side to yell for our team too! Believe me, I'll be the biggest and loudest voice in that stadium and I'll make a difference for you!
I see too much idolization of the wealthy, unfortunately, especially anyone famous or who has mastered some get-rich-quick scheme.
Also the insistence that everyone who is rich has provided value to society, as if no poor people have and that is even the thing that is most important.
Humans are valuable, in their own right. That is how Christ sees us.
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