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Re: naiveté (was: Re: Extropianism)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:18:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> That may be fine for you Lar, because you have been blessed with an
> indomitable spirit. But there are many unhappy people out there, and many
> of them are very rich. That's a dirty little secret most people never get
> a chance to learn. Money, property, *stuff* can't buy happiness, although
> I'd bet you that 99 out of a 100 people would say that they'd be happier if
> they won a million dollar lottery. And I would think that it would behoove
> you and your Larritopian (sorry;) views to have people happy and content,
> because then they have no need or desire to infringe on you or your
> property, and the system would work.
The problem with that, as I see it, is that some of the most unhappy
people I've met also happened to be devout Christians.
I can see that trying to live your life for others (and by extension - as
Christians would see it - for God) can give you an inner satisfaction in
a way that just living to help yourself can't. However, in my experience,
I don't really notice any correlations between religious belief
and happiness. Christianity teaches that we are all sinners and
- well basically completely evil compared to God - and I can think of
one or two Christians I've known who have taken that message to heart in a way
that seems to have resulted in their not having any confidence in
themselves, and in their becoming unhappy.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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| (...) Funny, I think people who don't ponder these questions have a small view of this existence. I feel as if you are responding to the totality of religion through the ages, not what *I'm* saying. Please try to shed your prejudice against (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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