Will MORE Money Make You MORE Happy? 

Showing that God exists would win you a noble prize. But here we are with your claims of a growing relationship with an imaginary friend.

@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD look at you all sour and triggered. Poor baby.

​@@chloemartel9927 At no point was I sour and triggered. But apparently reality makes you triggered.

@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD You don't know anything about reality. Dry up the tears before you cause local flooding.

​@@chloemartel9927 What makes you think I'm crying? Just because you do when getting questions asked about your beliefs doesn't mean the rest of us do. I guarantee everything I know about reality I can show to be the case. You on the other hand think because you say it then it's true. Sorry it's not.

Well done. Do you follow Dave Ramsey?

@@Moist._RobotI still have half a year to go! Looking forward to it.

@@Moist._Robotdon’t need to follow a person at all. Follow and stick to your budget. Get rid of your credit cards or leave them at home when you shopping. Do you know how I got used to having NOTHING? Make sure all your fixed legal payments are secured. Look at the money you have left. Put a 10th of that (or more) on a savings account or in a jar. Divide that in 4 equal amounts of money. Go shopping ONCE a week. Make your shopping list. Then take a red pen and circle ONLY the things you need to SURVIVE. And I mean literally SURVIVE! Buy those red things and NOTHING MORE! Don’t take money from the other piles, MAKE DO WITH WHAT AVAILABLE. Buy cheap/er stuff, forget brand names! You are FINALLY??? making a distinction between what you NEED and what you WANT. You will be utterly surprised how little you need to stay alive. Too many people are ruled by I WANT I WANT I WANT….. I have been living like this for more than 10 years already and it becomes a habit. ONLY and ONLY when you have some money left for the week, you can indulge.

@@maggiegoossens1894 That’s great. Do you also have a mortgage?

thats not the point. greed was the point

iv been more happier with no money then with thousands of dollars

​@@virginiahernandez1329Christians are some of the greediest people imaginable....

Biggest amen

But can Festy show "salvation by grace by faith in Jesus Christ" to actually be a real thing? Let's find out....

Exactly it becomes nothing I've experienced this myself. It's like how homeless guy would be really happy to have your house but to you your house is normal

​@@mattslater2603 Show it to who and why, Shlatz?

Oh , yeah... HuntFart didn't even come to your comment to say hi. How rude, well at least the other ladyboy came to say hello...

Christianity can also hurt other people and make them unhappy....

Matt, this is true. I've been hurt by Christians, to the point that I turned away from God. For a long time. A while back, I was listening to Genesis. The part where it said, and Abraham believed, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And I stopped and said, Lord, I believe in You, You chose me, I choose You. When I did, the Holy Ghost fell on me, that had never happened before. I was crying, filled like a waterfall had dropped on me. I realized then, that it was man that I had looking to, and not God. But I had blamed the Lord, for what man had done to me. I finally had Peace and Joy.

That last part is quite simplistic. Even materialists require things similar to (if not the same as) what Christians and other religious people require.

The 'poor' can only be controlled if they want to be 'less poor'. Take a walk around a supermarket, any supermarket, and look at the popular lines. They are all based on 'want' rather than 'need'. They are expensive for what they are. In western societies, 'poverty' tends to be measured with some very strange 'values', and the poverty tends not to be so much about 'money' as about education and making best use of resources. The 'system' likes people to want stuff that they do not need and through that 'media' control them. Add to that 'fear', all of the 'what ifs' that are used to sell insurance for everything, and the 'poor' will work overtime to pay for even more 'stuff' that they do not need. Genuine happiness can be found in the freedom of not wanting 'stuff' and in not rejecting all the 'free stuff'. Take three minutes to ask yourself the question 'why don't I eat stinging nettles?' Then take another 3 minutes to think about who would lose out if you do.

@harryfaber execpt there are people who focus on exclusively needs and are still poor and still barely surviving. And yet they are never able to improve. Throws a wrench into your narrative there. And your nettle question doesn't apply here. And is also quite frankly a dumb one.

Hey Bonesy, say hi to james for me. He's such a swell guy isn't he? I mean, what kind of knucklehead lends his friend his phone to create an account to troll Christians from! A ɗmɓ one, quite frankly. But say hi to "not so bright" regardless. Ohhhh, and have an awesome weekend, Bonesy.

@@jamesw4250 Do you have an answer to why you don't eat stinging nettles? Or maybe you do. Have you thought about who would lose something, anything, if you do eat stinging nettles. A question may be thought 'dumb' without the full discussion of why the question was framed. 'Poverty' is always an interesting and difficult subject. For many people, there is way too much 'emotion' attached to get in close to the core of the subject. We are privileged to live in countries where there is sufficient 'wealth' that if equally distributed, there would be no poverty. That said, if you give two people $100 each, it is almost always the case that one of them will make $100 last longer than the other. Throwing money at the problem is not always the answer. Education and 'philosophy' comes into play, understanding 'joy', recognising 'addiction', sometimes there needs to be 'wiser' law making. A lot of people who claim to be stuck in poverty traps, when asked, will complain about the prices of 'luxury' items. In a town near me, there is a supermarket that sells all the ingredients to make a pizza from scratch. They sell frozen pizza, 'artisanale' pizza and all of them come at different prices ranging from the 'that has to be rubbish if it is that cheap' to 'crikey, only a fraudster like Trump can afford that' expensive. Or, you can cross the road and buy pizza from a vending machine. That is a relatively expensive option. The man who grows his own tomatoes, who understands how to cook stinging nettles and which fungi are edible makes his own, better for his health, better for his wealth, lower 'carbon footprint', so better for the environment. The man who grows his own tomatoes and sees the joy in doing so often is also the man who does not feel a need to buy a TV, he probably does not feel a need to pay for 'gym membership' although is probably fitter than most folk who do. Have you ever noticed how many people who are described as poor smoke cigarettes? Jesus said 'the poor will always be with us' and history has shown that to be correct. What we do about that is a whole different matter. Currently, in both the UK and France, there are election campaigns, politicians of all shades are again talking about 'tackling poverty', once the votes have been counted, they will stop, and will be back to their normal habits of looking after their sponsors. Their sponsors do not like people eating stinging nettles, there is no profit in it for them. Incidentally, there is only about a three week window when they are nice to eat, older plants are too fibrous and while still edible, not so pleasant.

And Lord of Lords Glory hallelujah.

​@@gi169 And yet somehow nowhere to be found. Lost you might say.

​@@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD So angry at your Lord and Savior Sykes. Very sad...

@@gi169 Really? That's your answer? You think I'm mad at your imaginary friend? WOW, talk about mindless. No gil I'm not mad at your imaginary friend, if that was the case I could just do what you do, pretend your imaginary friend exists when you know it doesn't.

Peter will never show that claim to be true, tho... sadly. Oh well.

A very good reading. If we receive Grace (we do!) but keep it for ourselves, we cannot find room for more grace, but if we let it flow to those who need it, we will get more. Not for 'ourselves' but for all. We teach 'from, through, to'. We receive Grace from God, it must flow through us to those who need it. I have just done watching Fr Larry Richards on his podcast, I think you would enjoy listening to him, have a look at 'Anchored in Hope EP 125.

@@harryfaber 100% agree with you. The more we empty the fuller we get - the beautiful nature of grace. Thank you for the recommendation. I just heard a song Gil recommend the other day, its nice to get encouraging gospel messages from my brothers. I'll have a look 👍🏻

He never said money wasn’t important. Having no money may cause you to hear it that way. There’s a biblical reason we have “no money.” Proverbs warn against it. Still, when you do wind up getting some money, It’s never enough.

I am too old to go to seminary, but if I did, it would be free to me. Even living expenses. For 7 years.

No thank you gil. Between you and Jed religious people are really showing how mindless they truly are.

@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD Well, well, well, look who it is. I noticed you've taken the month off from coming here. No doubt to celebrate pride month. Did you end up parading in the Daisy Dukes or the mini skirt? Either way, I'm sure you were out in front giving it your all. Nice to see you again they/them!

​@@festushaggen2563 I wonder if HuntFart will ever stop trolling..?

@@festushaggen2563 WOW hilarious, you are so triggered and miserable about people and their beliefs aren't you. It's even funnier that you think this is something that would upset me when we have already gone over my thoughts on this topic, but that's okay you just come with insults and derogatory remarks and just repent to your chosen god for forgiveness. Funny how you think you have a get out of jail free card when you're religious, I suspect that it's a mindset thing that allows you to think everything in life is not your fault and you can act like you want.

@gi169 They likes you. You're the first one they came to talk to. Go easy on they. The month is almost over and it'll be a whole year before they can celebrate again.

Anything beyond that is vanity? You think you haven't crossed that line already?

13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her 14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,” 15 then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin. 16 Her father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. 17 Now he has slandered her and said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, 18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him. 19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels[a] of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives. 20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

​@@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD Jesus Christ... What a religion!

@@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD fantastic , your sharing scripture on false witness and the consequences

​@@mattslater2603 Yeah exactly. But they think you hate god when you point out things that are written in the bible.

​@@larzman651 Why wouldn't you? It draws people away from the silly supernatural nonsense of the bible... not towards it. Unless you're from the South....

His advice seems to boil down to - Live BELOW your means - Don't eat out - Pay off your smallest debt first, then once that's done keep throwing the same amount of money at your next debt. Honestly it's not bad advice.

@@mattr.1887 Well I found it great advice concerning larger amounts of money too. As in pay off your mortgage instead of investing it elsewhere.

I think it's an online course.

@@gi169 How do I go about doing that? I seen on the website it is 9.99 USA$ interested in his content. Far as I know he goes to different schools and colleges popular areas. This video here has been edited. Full version please? Thank you! 💪💪

No surprise at all, KG, the evidence also seems to elude you in understanding what a woman is. After that, nothing else should come as a surprise from you. Have a good day, Mochachos. My deepest sympathies.

​But you have no evidence Something "resonating in your SoUL" (lol) isnt evidence for anything but your feelings based epistomology.@@TomMichael5678

​@@TomMichael5678Oh and also.. a cowardly tu quoque fallacy Pick up some critical thinking skills, Goof. Wow.

​@@mattslater2603 Calm down, sparky, a "little triggered" are we, kiddo! *WOWsers* 😬 😂 *ROLLING OVER LAUGHING* 😂 Got some *BREAKING NEWS* for ya, peewee, freedom of speech *CRUSHES* all your fallacies, little fella. How's them apples, sunshine?

​@@mattslater2603 Hey mitey mouse, think you can help out KG and enlighten him/her as to what a woman is? Two pumpkins are always better than one, or so they say. To be honest, I'm not sure in this case. Btw, I'm curious about something, pumkin, if you claim "man" is an evolved Ape, I would presume you also mean "woman" is an evolved Ape? Seeing how there's no difference between a "man and woman" with some of U birdbrains! What says the $hlatzoid!

Lies!!!

@macman2141 How am I wrong? Why would we need the bible or any book to tell us if money buys happiness when we are the ones that knows what makes us happy? If it says money does buy happiness, it's right, but pointless because we already know that. If it says money doesn't buy happiness then it's wrong because there is stupidity overwhelming evidence that money does buy happiness.

​@@maxhagenauer24 then why are so many wealthy people depressed?

@JadDragon It obviously depends, I don't know why each individual wealthy person is depressed but if it was from having money then I would be really surprised. Now on the other hand, why is it that almost every homeless person in existence is depressed?

@@maxhagenauer24 you're apparently speaking for each individual poor person right now.