{"id":8011,"date":"2013-02-22T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T06:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/?p=8011"},"modified":"2013-02-27T23:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:52:32","slug":"money-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/money-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"No Money, No Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t22 Feb 2013 by Lim Poh Ann-\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt’s a world where money talks. How are believers going to live out their faith in a world where almost everything requires money? <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tMy plumber had chest pains and went to consult a cardiologist in General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. He was diagnosed with coronary artery disease and was advised to go for open heart surgery (coronary bypass operation).\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tBut being a public hospital with many needy patients awaiting treatment, he was put on a waiting list. But the 50-year man never made it for his turn and succumbed to a heart attack.\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tIf he had enough money, he would have availed himself of early treatment at one of several posh private hospitals in the capital – and, most likely, would have survived.\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tIn a sense, the world is unfair. Unless you have the money, you can’t call the shots. You will have to wait for your turn like the other plebeians.\n<\/div>\n
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\n\t“Money is not everything but without money you can do almost nothing.”<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tThis reminds me of the lyrics of Abba’s evergreen “Money, Money, Money”:
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\n\tMoney, money, money\n<\/div>\n
\n\tMust be funny\n<\/div>\n
\n\tIn the rich man's world\n<\/div>\n
\n\tMoney, money, money\n<\/div>\n
\n\tAlways sunny\n<\/div>\n
\n\tIn the rich man's world\n<\/div>\n
\n\tAha-ahaaa\n<\/div>\n
\n\tAll the things I could do\n<\/div>\n
\n\tIf I had a little money\n<\/div>\n
\n\tIt's a rich man's world\n<\/div>\n
\n\tIt's a rich man's world.
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