MATERIALISM
(See also Money; Riches; Wealth)
advertising: w80 3/1 5; g74 3/8 9
Africa: g80 7/8 19-20
a religion: w75 231-232; w62 431; w60 614; w59 308; w58 339, 621-623
Bible view: uw 88-91; w80 3/1 6; g80 8/8 11; w78 7/15 29; w78 9/15 9-10; yb78 8-9; w77 202-206; w76 739; yy 166-171; w75 50-51; w75 493-496; w74 112-113; w74 605; g74 9/22 10-11; w73 57-58; w73 408; tp73 117-118; g73 6/22 13; w71 470; w71 572-573; g71 10/22 11; g71 11/22 27-28; w69 535; w68 522-523; w67 73-75, 77, 79; yl 216-217; w66 494; w65 134; w58 582-583; w55 325-328
Baruch warned by Jehovah: w80 3/1 19-21; w78 1/1 20-21
material possessions: w77 198-205
Solomon’s comment on: w77 317-319; w77 329-331
causes: yb78 9; w72 299-300; w67 202; g67 3/22 3-4; w63 519, 536; w62 431; w61 133; g60 10/22 23; w58 399; g58 4/8 4; g58 10/22 8-12; w57 15-16; g57 10/8 7; w56 427; g56 2/8 7; w55 327-328
China: g74 9/22 9-10
comments about: g71 4/22 30; w60 323; g59 3/8 7; w58 356, 542; g58 1/22 8; g58 9/8 4; g55 9/22 23
Emerson’s (Ralph Waldo) comment on: g81 12/8 10-11
President Carter’s comment: g79 10/8 29
counteracting: w85 4/1 6, 16-20; w83 1/15 23-25; uw 87-94; g81 12/8 11-13; w78 9/15 9-10; w78 11/15 16-20; w77 198-206; w75 50-51; w75 495; w74 380; w74 701; w73 57-58; w72 303-304; g72 3/8 3-4; w71 151; w71 563; w68 605; w67 202-203; w65 409-411, 766-767; ms 341; w63 302-303, 519-520, 536; w62 133-135; w61 111, 135-136; w60 528; w58 121, 265-266, 342-343, 597-601; w57 409-410, 730-731; w55 328, 477-478, 483
youths: w76 519
dangers: w80 9/15 13; g80 6/8 24-25; w78 6/1 3-4; w78 12/1 31; fl 45-46; g75 9/22 8; ts 14; g74 9/22 10; w72 144
obstacle to maintaining spiritual balance: w84 5/15 8-10
defined: g81 12/8 5; yb78 9; g70 3/8 10; im 14; g62 2/8 21; w58 339, 581, 601; g56 2/8 5; w55 325
discussion: g81 12/8 5-13; w80 3/1 5-7; w78 11/15 16-20; g78 10/8 4-5, 18-21; w77 198-206; w75 561-575; w73 155-159; w70 89-90; w67 73-79; w65 133-136; w62 431-437; w61 133-135; w58 581-584, 595-602; g58 10/22 8-12; g56 2/8 6-8; w55 325-328, 468-472; g55 5/22 21-24
early Christians: w69 564
effect on—
children: g84 1/8 29
family: g81 1/8 19-20; w78 2/1 3; fl 45-46; g74 9/22 9-10; w58 595-599; g58 5/8 12; g58 9/22 20; g58 10/22 11; w57 209, 693; w55 327-328
health: w80 3/1 6; w78 3/1 13; g70 1/22 5; w62 433; w61 133; g60 5/8 11; g57 6/8 24; g56 2/8 6
one’s thinking: w75 494; w74 112-113; g74 8/8 3-4; w73 155-159; g72 3/8 3-4; g71 3/22 30; g70 1/22 5; w67 74-75; w65 133-136; g65 7/8 8; w62 432, 434; g62 2/8 21; w61 516; g60 2/22 4; w58 214-216, 340-343, 601; w57 12; g57 10/8 5; w55 748
one’s worship: w85 4/1 6, 20; w84 5/1 11; w84 10/1 12-13, 17-18; uw 88-89; w78 9/15 9-10; w78 11/15 16-20; w75 231-232; w74 59; w74 419-420; w74 701; w73 502; w71 557; w69 169-170, 430; w67 76, 202; ms 339-340; w63 518, 536; g63 5/22 6-7; w62 433-434, 492-493; w61 85; w60 172; w59 631; w58 53-54, 342-344, 595-596, 600; w57 500; g56 2/8 6-8
society: g74 9/8 3-4; g74 11/22 17-18, 20
youths: g82 2/22 17-18; yb81 132; g80 9/8 30; w73 155-156; w70 89; g70 3/8 6; w67 75-76; w64 145-146; w63 364; w62 492-493; w61 135; w58 595; w57 12, 174, 209, 693
examples:
Bible accounts: w80 9/15 13; w80 11/1 20-21; w80 12/1 19-20; w77 200, 206; w75 562, 570; w74 404-406; w72 300-301; ad 552; w67 74-75; w64 435; w63 405, 518; w62 133-134, 402, 432-435; w61 505; w58 53-54, 123-124; w57 345, 400-401; w55 748-749
modern-day: w80 3/15 27; yb74 234-235; g74 8/8 3; g74 9/22 9-10; g72 3/8 3; w71 526-527; g70 1/22 5; yb67 85-86, 170; w65 135; yb63 144; w62 134-135, 432; g62 7/8 31; g60 10/22 23; w58 399, 599; w57 189, 345; g57 10/8 5; w56 382; w55 327-328; w47 172-173
experiences:
resisting: g81 2/22 17-18; w78 3/1 12-15; w75 185; w75 264; yb75 8; w74 403; w74 653-655; yb74 59; g74 2/8 26; g74 8/8 6-7; g73 8/22 14-15; km 2/73 5-6; km 5/73 5-6; g72 5/8 4; yb71 153-156, 197, 199-201, 210; g71 10/22 11; yb69 83-84; w67 81-83; yb67 195, 220, 300-301; yb66 232; yb63 308
truth frees one from bondage to: w80 3/1 7; g79 8/22 12
failure to bring happiness: g85 3/22 3-4, 10; w81 12/15 27; g81 12/8 9-12; w78 4/1 3; g78 10/8 5, 18-21; w77 677-678; g77 7/22 3-4; w75 51; g72 5/8 3
Japan: g82 6/8 29
no compensation for lack of love: w76 552
not ‘turning back to weak and beggarly things’ (Ga 4:9): w83 6/15 17-19
‘not using world to full’ (1Co 7:31): w84 5/1 27; w84 10/1 15-16; w84 11/15 24-25; w83 10/15 16-21; w75 91
Satan’s use of subtle forms of: w83 1/15 20-21; w72 144
“showy display of one’s means of life” (1Jo 2:16): w83 6/15 18-19; w82 4/15 30
television: g74 9/8 9