<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>jimmysong wrote</title><author_name>jimmysong (npub10v…psp42)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub10vlhsqm4qar0g42p8g3plqyktmktd8hnprew45w638xzezgja95qapsp42</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I was asked a while back whether I would be richer if I wasn&#39;t Christian. The main implication being that there are so many immoral ways to make money that Christian values prevent. And while I agree that there are ways to make money that are closed off to me, there are also ways to lose money that were closed off, too.&#xA;&#xA;There are a lot of monetary pit traps in the world today. There&#39;s all kinds of addictions that can destroy your balance sheet, drugs, sugar, power, games, etc. Christians exercise self-denial muscles through God&#39;s grace. So in that sense, I think I&#39;ve been saved from the many ways in which I could have lost my stack.&#xA;&#xA;To hold is hard. And it requires a lot of self-denial. If you want to hold, Christianity is a sort of super-power.</html></oembed>