Living as a Hedonist
Hedonists are people who seeks pleasure as their priorities in life. However, is this kind of living actually acceptable? Is it rewarding? Yes from their own perception, but actually it doesn't! Why do i say so? I'll elaborate below.
Firstly, we should know our own positions. We can't deny the fact that we are here, on earth today, is not because of our own efforts! We can't deny that this life was a gift, and we have certainly no right towards our own lives! Because we understood nothing! And we do nothing, not even struggle at the start to get our lives! This may seem absurd as it contradicts the recognised basic human rights, such as right to live, right to voice opinions, etc. Well, for me, there's no such thing as the so-called human rights. What was there is that we have NO right to end other's life, NO right to restrict others from voicing there opinions, etc. We simply doesn't have any right! As an analogy, imagine that we are all beggars, and one day a person came and give us lots of money. Are we then have the right to spend that money? Practically yes, but what if the person managed to take back all the money before we even spend it? We have actually no right to insist that it is ours right? Thus, from the beginning, it's clear that we have actually no right upon that money as a gift.
If you're a religious person, then this analogy would alter a bit. You believe that God, the Creator, exist. Hence, you would not spend that money to do things not acceptable by the person who give that money to you. Thus, you would not spend your life doing things that are not acceptable according to God. This is how we should actually spend our lives on earth!
Next, let's talk about hedonism. Why do people live as hedonists? They do so to maximise their lives. There are some who "live to the fullest, since we live only once". Actually, for non-religious people who live their lives this way, you're just searching for a meaning out of the meaningless. For these people, yes, you may think that you live only once, so what? after live you'll die eternally anyway (you think). All of us are people who live in the present, and by the time, say, you were 80 years old, would you mind whether you have satisfy all your pleasures in life? I don't think so. This is like asking "Would you mind that yesterday you suffered or you were happy?"No because it was in the past! Hence, by the time you face death, it doesn't differ much! Time flies, and for these people, life's just like a dream, that it ends after a while. So would u mind that tonight you had a bad dream or a sweet dream? For me, i don't! Anyway, so far you have not even take into consideration about "What if God really exists and the religious people were actually right?"
Well, I may not know about all religions, but people from different religions must have known their consequences. In Christianity, based on the book called "Purpose Driven Life", life on earth was given a "test", a "temporary assignment" or "trust" as analogies. Life on earth is just a very small part, as we humans were made to live for eternity.
Firstly, we should know our own positions. We can't deny the fact that we are here, on earth today, is not because of our own efforts! We can't deny that this life was a gift, and we have certainly no right towards our own lives! Because we understood nothing! And we do nothing, not even struggle at the start to get our lives! This may seem absurd as it contradicts the recognised basic human rights, such as right to live, right to voice opinions, etc. Well, for me, there's no such thing as the so-called human rights. What was there is that we have NO right to end other's life, NO right to restrict others from voicing there opinions, etc. We simply doesn't have any right! As an analogy, imagine that we are all beggars, and one day a person came and give us lots of money. Are we then have the right to spend that money? Practically yes, but what if the person managed to take back all the money before we even spend it? We have actually no right to insist that it is ours right? Thus, from the beginning, it's clear that we have actually no right upon that money as a gift.
If you're a religious person, then this analogy would alter a bit. You believe that God, the Creator, exist. Hence, you would not spend that money to do things not acceptable by the person who give that money to you. Thus, you would not spend your life doing things that are not acceptable according to God. This is how we should actually spend our lives on earth!
Next, let's talk about hedonism. Why do people live as hedonists? They do so to maximise their lives. There are some who "live to the fullest, since we live only once". Actually, for non-religious people who live their lives this way, you're just searching for a meaning out of the meaningless. For these people, yes, you may think that you live only once, so what? after live you'll die eternally anyway (you think). All of us are people who live in the present, and by the time, say, you were 80 years old, would you mind whether you have satisfy all your pleasures in life? I don't think so. This is like asking "Would you mind that yesterday you suffered or you were happy?"No because it was in the past! Hence, by the time you face death, it doesn't differ much! Time flies, and for these people, life's just like a dream, that it ends after a while. So would u mind that tonight you had a bad dream or a sweet dream? For me, i don't! Anyway, so far you have not even take into consideration about "What if God really exists and the religious people were actually right?"
Well, I may not know about all religions, but people from different religions must have known their consequences. In Christianity, based on the book called "Purpose Driven Life", life on earth was given a "test", a "temporary assignment" or "trust" as analogies. Life on earth is just a very small part, as we humans were made to live for eternity.
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