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::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)
::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)
:::I have very little knowledge on the topic, but all I can find elsewhere still points to it being an entirely selfish belief. Perhaps they are confused, though. Of course, I do not mean your stance is selfish--it's quite the opposite. I agree with the morals of of most of what you said, though my first consideration when there is no clear guidance in the Bible would be, "what would best honor God and/or build up believers?" The choice would probably end the same way, but I would just ask the question differently.
:::Anyway, back on the topic of Hedonism, if you are confident in you stance on this, and have sources to back you up, I'd say you should go ahead and explain this change and confusion. I can't speak for everyone here, but it seems to me that such work would be helpful. However, I do think if you do work on this, you should point out that some do hold to the selfish philosophy. I'm actually hoping that someone else is watching this discussion and can give their insights, but if not I'd say you might as well go for it. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 23:41, 19 July 2016 (EDT)