Original sentence: Affluenza may be equated with the Biblical concept of "covetousness", which the Bible equates with idolatry: the object that is coveted often becomes an item of "worship", in other words, something that is desired ("worshipped") above and beyond God.Christ tells the Laodiceans that because of their spiritual lukewarm state and their pursuit of materialistic gain, he will "spit (or vomit) them out of [his] mouth".Christians who are aware of the concept of affluenza point to these verses as evidence that it is not a modern disease, but rather one that transcends time, economic status, and religious belief.In Revelation 3:14-22, Christ addresses affluenza in the letter he instructs John to write to the Laodiceans.Paul's Epistle to the Colossians also refers to the Laodiceans, though Colossians 2:20-23 would seem to indicate that asceticism is of no value in fighting lust or gluttony.The Laodiceans were "lukewarm" in their devotion to God, choked by their materialism
Edited sentence: " This is not a modern disease, but rather one that transcends time, economic status and religious belief.In the Bible, in the Book of Revelation, in the Letters to the Seven Churches, Jesus Christ, God incarnate, addresses affluenza in the seventh letter to the Laodiceans.In the context of God's law as given through the Ten Commandments, affluenza can be equated with "covetousness", which the Bible equates with idolatry.Jesus Christ basically tells the Laodiceans that they "make Him sick" in terms of their spiritual luke warm state and their pursuit of materialistic gain.The Book of Colossians also refers to materialism, and also references the Laodiceans.The Laodiceans were "luke warm" in their devotion to God, choked by their materialism.The object that is coveted often becomes an item of "worship", in other words, something that is desired ("worshiped") above and beyond the Creator God Himself.The strongest warning in the Letters to the Seven Churches is directed at the Laodiceans and their materialistic consumerism.They were inflicted with what has been termed "affluenza