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As Satanism rears its ugly head
Elliott Siamonga mong human desires and passions-legitimate or otherwise the love of money vies for the lead. Unlike the desire for sex and food, the mania for money can be constant and unending. Old age does not seem to assuage it. In many cases, advancing years may actually increase a person’s interest in or concern about money and what it can buy. Greed seems to be escalating. The main character in one popular movie said: “Greed works. Greed is good.” Although many referred to the 1980’s as the Age of Greed, what came before and after shows that human reaction to money has changed little through the years. What probably is new is that so many people see opportunities to satisfy their instant desire for more. It seems that much of Zimbabweans’ energy is spent producing and acquiring more and more things. We all may agree that having material possessions and spending money have become a passionate and often most Page 26 imaginative endeavor in modern-day life. But are people happier as a result? Answering that question, wise and very wealthy King Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3,000 years ago: “A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver, neither any lover of weal