RE: Religion and pleasure
July 27, 2013 at 7:16 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2013 at 8:02 am by Consilius.)
What I see being described here is Christian ascetism, a Middle Age philosophy that suggested that the body was evil and needed torture and neglect to be purified.
Of course, I am not advocating for that. Pleasure is good, but, my apologies to Epicurus, it is not the ultimate good in life. Hispanic immigrants and African farmers aren't doing anything wrong by living hard lives.
I say that suffering is the way to glory. We shouldn't be afraid of it, neither should we guiltily embrace it. Suffering and pleasure are both indispensable parts of life, and we should welcome them equally when they come our way.
Of course, I am not advocating for that. Pleasure is good, but, my apologies to Epicurus, it is not the ultimate good in life. Hispanic immigrants and African farmers aren't doing anything wrong by living hard lives.
I say that suffering is the way to glory. We shouldn't be afraid of it, neither should we guiltily embrace it. Suffering and pleasure are both indispensable parts of life, and we should welcome them equally when they come our way.
