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 "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil"?
What do you think that means????...


 How do i prevent the jew from stealing my money?
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 I have used my fathers credit card... plz help.?
I have used my fathers credit card and now he has got to know. It has debited a grand from his card. How do i tell him? He has blocked the card with my help and is now readying to lodge a police ...


 How can a 15 year old earn 1000+ dollars?
I'm only 15, but I want to buy a nice camera, costing around 1000 dollars. How can 15 year olds earn money? I don't need a super fast (scam-like fast) way, but just a way that over the next ...


 Should I take out money from my 401K to pay off my timeshare? ?
I have $20,000+ in my 401K account. I bought a timeshare with an ex-boyfriend five years ago. (I know, I know)

Monthly payment: $168
Interest: 17%
Will be paid-off in 10 years. I ...


 What are some FAST ways to make money?
I'm a 15 year old who needs to make app. 5,000 in a couple months....


 Only 10% of the card holders have been able to pay in full for the last 12 months?
Do you really believe this number is so low?...


 Can u really make money on the internet?
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 Should I file bankruptcy in my situation?
I make a good salary, but our home moretgage is too much for us to handle (it was a teaser rate and we are not even covering the interest). It is causing us not to have ANY money to do anything else....


 How do you manage your money?
Question for my course
Thanks
A....


 Are you struggling to pay the bills ?
I know I am. Lets all get togeather and change our situation. I have started to do so. Dont be shy to get in touch with me. Its all about helping each other....


 Where is the best place to go take out a loan? I have a year worth of credict history?
I need money...To get back on ...


 What would you do with a billion bucks?
What would you do with a million ...


 What should i do if i love my job, and have an even better job calling me constanly, makin MORE MONEY?
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 What is the first step to getting out of debt?
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 Trying to save up money!!! can you live without a phone?
i want to start saving money for a better car!!!
would getting rid of my 50 dollar cell phone bill help??
i really only use it to talk to my girlfriend, and for emergency.
would you ...


 I'm going to switch banks. Which one should I choose?
I've been at washington mutual and wells fargo and had major problems with both! Where should I change to and why?...


 Creative ways for teens to make money? -will award best answer-?
I'm 12 and I really need money this summer. I was thinking starting a garage sale but my mom won't let me. So maybe walking my neighbors dog or making a lemonade stand would be a good idea. ...


 Is 8.8% APR high for a debt consolidation loan?
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 What do you spend most of your money on? after bills like on fun things or hobby's?
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writermaury
Should a Christian husband and wife have separate checking accounts?
Some Christian financial experts say it is wrong for a husband and wife to have separate checking accounts. They cite the verse about "two shall become one," and claim that applies to checking accounts. I think it is healthy for each spouse to have a share in financial responsibility. I think on financial terms a husband and wife can be like a corporation that has various subsidiary operations. Each spouse has responsibility for certain bills, as decided jointly. I think this is more of a cooperative way, so that I am not a domineering husband doling out a weekly allowance to my wife. This is not a trust issue -- as her name is on my checking account and she has access to money as needed. .... Thanks for any insight
                     
 




Sarah
The church has no business managing your personal finances.

If you feel joint checking would help you and your spouse meet your needs and help you save for the future, then do joint accounts.

If you feel joint checking will cause more squabbles and frustration than it's worth, then keep separate accounts.

Do what you feel will be most harmonious for your relationship, and most beneficial for your financial futures.

Keep the church out of it. GOD never said anything about personal finances. He just said for us to love one another and be faithful.

Oh -- and I think both ways are equally good; the determining factors are the temperaments and money management habits of the individuals involved in the arrangement.


Alyssa
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Well, I think that if you don't marry someone you trust, then you're screwed either way.


Gerald
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Yo Dude -- Christain has nothing to do with how you manage your income and bills. What they did not tell you is "What is yours is hers.... What is Hers is hers..."""" Just get a divorce and see how much is equally shared. Good idea is keep your cash separate and take the spouse name off the account. Make the accounts right of survivorship in case of death. Same with Credit Cards-- you have yours and she has hers...


Litz
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My husband and I are christians and I have a seperate checking account from before we were married. We never got around to getting a joint account. I see no problem with a wife having her own account especially if she married the wrong guy.


Republican Girl
me and my husband are christians, but we still have our own accts. Our names are on everything together, but...i still have "my original acct." and he has his. we pay bills out of his acct and i use mine for miscellaneous needs. I've worked at a bank and learned that it is not a great idea to have 1 checking acct. You can't keep the check register in balance because you don't know what the other's spending. there were many people that came in and were negative and had no idea why they were negative and it ended up being their spouse. I would ignore the "experts" about this matter. My preacher has never referred to having separate accts as a sin.


Daniel K
I think it is whatever works best for the couple. We had joint checking accounts for years and would sometimes go under because one of us made a purchase and didn't write it in right away or forgot to tell the other. For us separate checking accounts works better. But if one of us needs money for something and the other one has it, we freely share with the other and we each have our designated bills that we pay. So for us, separate has worked better and has helped avoid arguments about who made the account go under. We don't go under anymore.


Kristi H
As long as you're sharing your income, I don't see anything wrong with you each having separate spending money (for bills or leisure).

My husband and I have an account for bills (where his check is deposited), and another account for spending (where my check is deposited). When he comes back from his deployment, we plan to use separate spending accounts so that we don't have to worry about what the actual account balance is. That way, all our money is still shared, but it just makes keeping track of purchases easier.


runningwithscalpels
I think there's nothing wrong with maintaining separate checking accounts. Religion too should not have anything too do with it. I don't think God particularly cares where and how you keep your money.


debnettlenote
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I think that people manage there money how ever it works for them and if this involves two checking accounts then it must work for them to keep there bookkeeping so they can manage there finances.


STEVEN F
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I am less concerned about separate ACCOUNTS, and more concerned about separate FINANCES. If both parties agree in advance on how ALL their money will be used, it matters little the mechanics of paying the bills.

Note: I do NOT mean they agree his income covers X and hers covers Y. I mean they agree that $X will got to category Y for EVERY penny they both have. If either feels their vote does not count in the budget, money is the SYMPTOM, not the root problem.


David M
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Whatever your religion might be should have nothing to do with how you handle your finances. There's nothing wrong with having separate checking accounts. When I was married, we had separate checking accounts and a joint money market account that we both contributed to. We decided up front who was responsible for paying which bill, how much "fun" money we each would have and how much had to go into that joint money market fund which was our family savings. There was a good combination of responsibility and freedom in our method. And we both agreed to the system.


Lost User
sure listen to the christian financial experts, but we are all human... and there is a slight possibility she will take everything and vice versa and she leave you... just saying, a slight possibility, a fight might break up, divorce then BAM you lose everything... non christian financial experts would say not to do that... oh and I do not know much about checking accounts but I do not recammend sharing, consult with her about this issue... and yeah >.>


bud68
This is the wrong place to ask for religious guidance.


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