[quote=flyer]My comments were not intended as a judgment call or as a gospel.

Simply citing some documentable “real world” examples of the financial “belief system” by which millions of people live their lives. These beliefs and practices could be construed as equally as fantastical, ridiculous and delusional as some consider religious “belief systems” to be.[/quote]

Jimbob Smith grows up in a trailer in Kentucky with poor parents and an 95 IQ. He doesn’t have a sparkling personality or any real entrepreneurial skills. A pretty typical guy, really. Maybe not in your neighborhood, flyer, but there are millions like him. He finishes high school, gets a job at a machine shop, works there 45 years, has 3 kids, and has to scrape by in retirement. And he doesn’t have as much money as you because he’s delusional, right? And his delusion that years of hard work is his best chance at raising a family is comparable to believing that an omnipotent, anthropomorphic father figure created and rules the universe and will, while sometimes killing your children, give you eternal life if you worship him but won’t give hindus or muslims or atheists the same thing because they don’t worship him (to pick nowhere near the most bizarre religious belief)? Is that what you’re saying?