WHEN DID "GOD" GET IN THE BUSINESS OF BLESSING PEOPLE WITH MONEY OR ASSOCIATED W/ MONEY?

To my knowledge when "God" created the earth there was no currency. I havent read the whole bible but the parts I read people bartered in exchange for goods or services. Currency and PHYSICAL money wasn't invented until modern (non-biblical) times

Long story short how did God's name get associated with money? You cant pick up an american coin or bill without seeing "In God we trust" Are humans THAT SELF IMPORTANT to think that a supernatural being would really care about a man made medium?

If you hit the Powerball Jackpot for $900,000,000 do you REALLY God hit some magic switch that entitled you to that or you appeased God so he rewarded you with it?

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Comment by Dave G on December 2, 2009 at 1:34am: Which it certainly had been around previously, Calvinism certainly had a hand in it. The whole 'wealth is God displaying his favor on the wealthy person' thing.

Comment by NO RELIGION on December 2, 2009 at 5:32pm: When they found Adolf Hitler's body in an undergorund bunker he had $500,000 in U.S. cash which would probably be the equivalent of a $10,000,000 now. Did GOD "bless" Adolf Hitler with all that money.

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