Some people have REALLY short fuses

Why Religion is an Important Part of Personal Finance ∞ Get Rich Slowly

The topic of the linked post has (almost) nothing to do with my post here. It’s the comments that I want to point out. Here’s a synopsis of the situation:

Get Rich Slowly is a personal finance blog (and a pretty good one… I’d encourage you to subscribe). Some months ago, JD, the author, went on vacation and had some guest posters fill in for him. One of those authors (from the FreeMoneyFinance site… another decent personal finance blog) stated his views on the way your religious beliefs (focusing on Christianity, since he is a Christian) can inform and guide your approach to personal finance. The article itself makes it clear that JD not only didn’t write the post, but believes that religion has no bearing on personal finance. To my knowledge, it’s the only post on the site that even mentions religion.

All well and good… JD made his position known and allowed a counterpoint article to appear on his site.

We all know religion is a hot-button issue. I expected to see some mocking comments below the post, and some mocking replies. What surprised me were the people who got truly upset – including people who immediately jumped out and unsubscribed from the feed, citing this post as the sole reason in an otherwise perfect blog. Wow… that’s pretty sensitive. If you’re jumping ship because a guest poster writes one post that you disagree with, however vehemently, and you’re cool with every other item on the site, you have got an incredibly thin skin. As one commenter noted, that rounds off to 0.0% of the posts that you find offensive.

Seems a bit disingenuous of those same people to proclaim themselves to be the ones basing their life decisions on rational thought.

[tags]religion, personal finance, controversy[/tags]

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