By David Torkington, The Catholic Stand - “Whenever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.”… These new Christians became more and more consumed with the lust for money, power and ambition and began to worship the God who would not deter them or put too many demands on them. In this climate, it would be far more acceptable to acknowledge that the founder of their religion was no more than a man, albeit a very great man, but not God.