I don't have any gods in my life. If I want to live in a civilized society, money is needed for the other the other essentials like water, food, and shelter, but I don't feel I'm completely ruled by money, and don't feel the need to worship it. I don't feel the need to always think about it, and thank it for all the good that it has bestowed upon me.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-