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14 years ago by KikiPeepers

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Do you think consumerism is a sin? Is it wrong to buy non necessities, and for businesses to only sell products for profit?

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Papagenu Male, 13-17 Canada Joined: 14 yrs, 11 mos ago 451 Posts	14 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Friday 7/20/07 - 7:47:51 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Well yeah it probably is a sin, but who cares when you have no faith to "punish" you for it.
internets Female, 30-39 Western US Joined: 15 yrs, 3 mos ago 189 Posts	14 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Tuesday 8/14/07 - 1:45:04 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message If it is a sin, then the scandals are the punishment for the business, and overwhelming debt is the punishment for the 'consumer'. I personally detest the word consumer because it implies that my only job on this earth is to consume. It isn't.
HaroldtheBat Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 3 mos ago 27,379 Posts	14 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Tuesday 8/14/07 - 1:54:18 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I don't believe anything is a sin, but some things are immoral. Consumerism, however, isn't one of them. It's nobody else's business what I do with my money. If I want to spend it on charity or crystal vases or crack, that's my business.
ignoramuspie Female, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 14 yrs, 9 mos ago 246 Posts	14 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 8/20/07 - 1:14:17 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yes. It's called Greed.
abnormal2004 Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 14 yrs, 11 mos ago 332 Posts	14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Monday 10/15/07 - 8:55:41 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message That depends on how you define "sin". lol
OzArcher Female, 40-49 Australia / NZ Joined: 18 yrs, 3 mos ago 11,981 Posts	14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Tuesday 10/16/07 - 9:45:17 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message If you can afford to be a consumer with extravagent tastes then I see nothing wrong with it. If you're a company selling to these consumers for profit and not laundering money or organizing gun runners to Iraq or South America it seems fine to me as well. If you're spending beyond your means and your children are suffering, you need help and a budget and lesson on how to stick to it.
sabastian Female, 30-39 Southern US Joined: 19 yrs, 2 mos ago 3,011 Posts	14 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Tuesday 10/16/07 - 10:03:44 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message everything in moderation. anything taken to the extreme can be sinful
raisinman Male, 18-29 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 8 mos ago 8,670 Posts	14 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Saturday 11/17/07 - 8:37:00 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message yes, the mass of consumerism that we enjoy in America is taking its toll on the worlds environment and less fortunate. If we consumed less there would be less suffering in other nations. If you are causing suffering, be it indirectly, how can you claim to not be sinning?

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