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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 23:42:22 GMT
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johnneal@STOPSPAMuswest.net
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Simon Robinson wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
Ah,
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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