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Clearing up what a Christian hedonist is.
:This is my understanding of the subject. Did I go wrong somewhere? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 08:45, 19 July 2016 (EDT)
:This is my understanding of the subject. Did I go wrong somewhere? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 08:45, 19 July 2016 (EDT)
::God is always first. I use hedonism as my system of ethics when faced with a moral choice and I can't find an answer in the Bible, which naturally is not that often. When doing so, I weigh the pain and pleasure of the other person as equal to my own, in accordance with the Golden Rule. Any exceptions to those personal guidelines have to have very good reasons behind them. For examples of going against the Bible, I would only steal from a store if I were starving and had literally NO other options. Similarly, I would kill a burglar in genuine self defense- in that case, all his future pain and pleasure is ended immediately, and if he's the sort of person to rob houses and doesn't mind carrying a gun to do it, he would've almost certainly caused more future pain than pleasure as a whole by being allowed to continue living. As for myself, I'm too busy doing the Lord's work to die. For other examples, have I euthanized a dying cat before? Of course- its continued existence is pain for it. Have been hungry and given food to someone who needs it more? Yes- the pleasure they receive outweighs the pain I suffer.
::The common confusion about hedonism is that it did in fact begin as a very selfish, Pagan and wicked philosophy. That was a very long time ago however, and its meaning has changed since that ancient, Godless era. Selfish hedonism has been reclassified as egoism, something different entirely. I hope this clears things up. --Pious (talk) 18:38, 19 July 2016 (CDT)