What is it to be Christian ?

[mrnoodle]

Regardless of when and under what context, that scripture describes an inevitable aspect of human nature.

Exactly. And even when the memory of Jesus being alive on earth was still fresh, people were trying to get rich off his religion. But this wasn't a condemnation of the faith then, nor is it now. It's a warning to Christiansagainst those who warp faith for their own greed. It's a condemnation from within the church itself, to the church, and not published for view by outside eyes against falsehood. That disproves the assertion that televangelists, et al, are representative of the faith.