| | :::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. | | :::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) | | :::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) |
| | + | ::::I will, thank you. One of the most key points that I didn't mention, and am even surprised at myself for not doing so, is that there is no greater pleasure to oneself or society as a whole than serving God. That pleasure applies to both this life and the next. --Pious (talk) 23:21, 20 July 2016 (CDT) |