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Old 01-18-2007, 02:11 PM
Praxis101 Praxis101 is offline
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Default Re: Why selfishness is a good thing( some christianity involved)

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Jesus himself said that we should love others the same as we love ourselves, that sentence should be a reason strong enough to not be christian. Chrisitanity simply doesnt fit with the real world.

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I think my above post is also aimed at addressing this idea -
Simply curious how you think Einstein fits in here, as well. I view his love for all humans as roughly equal to his love for himself(though we may not agree on this.)

Maximize value for the species seems to = maximum self-pleasure, and thus the two statements can work together (this is the idea I'm currently throwing around.)

AND, just in an effort to be clear, I agree with nearly all of your points - including that Selfishness is a good thing. Just curious what you think [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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