Hedonism is the best life no?

[soloIQ]

Ok just got over a bad religious experience that lasted about 20+ years...living for pleasure or even more to the point , living with happiness as your main goal?....who can argue with that?...I'm in ....let the feeling good begin......................and that 20 year thing made me more then ready for you nay-sayers that may respond with something.....cause I was one..................he that dies happiest wins no?.......how sure are you of your beliefs?...30...50..75 percent?...I'm 99 percent sure we get one life in this body....fun is the best word ever

[KJ69]

Ok just got over a bad religious experience that lasted about 20+ years...living for pleasure or even more to the point , living with happiness as your main goal?....who can argue with that?

I think that all honest religious experiences are bad. You are always searching for something that isn't really there, and making up excuses for why nothing works out as expected. People believe shit because they NEED to, not because it's real.

Who can argue with living for happiness? A lot of people. If you are new to Hedonism, you have no idea how much criticism lies ahead. You should know how much christians love to argue.

The point of Hedonism isn't to win the game, but to enjoy playing it. The thing that separates my beliefs from true, purist Hedonism is that I think there have to be some limits to preserve your health. We only get one body, so it needs to last a long time.

[kaminoishiki]

I think that all honest religious experiences are bad. You are always searching for something that isn't really there, and making up excuses for why nothing works out as expected. People believe shit because they NEED to, not because it's real.

Who can argue with living for happiness? A lot of people. If you are new to Hedonism, you have no idea how much criticism lies ahead. You should know how much christians love to argue.

The point of Hedonism isn't to win the game, but to enjoy playing it. The thing that separates my beliefs from true, purist Hedonism is that I think there have to be some limits to preserve your health. We only get one body, so it needs to last a long time.


It would appear then, that your definition for 'honest' religious experiences is interchangeable with the ideal of living for happiness. Both equally unreal. Chasing after happiness and pleasureable experiences is no different than religious fervor, they may appear to be completely opposite but they're more like two sides of the same coin. Both miss the point, and both lead to misery.

[KJ69]

I see organized religion as being all about fooling people, controling them, and giving them false hope. To be in it and not be miserable, you have to will yourself to buy into it. Doubts about one's faith come from your own natural common sense telling you that you are being fed a load of crap.

This is not to be confused with your spiritual life and spiritual experiences, which can be sought outside of artificial religion.

For some reason, most people seem to assume that all Hedonists push things to every possible extreme, all the time, which can certainly lead to misery. I have gotten smarter about it over the years, and more moderate. It appears to me that a lot of nominal christians practice moderate Hedonism, but refuse to admit it. Their life experience has led them to this balance, but they have been taught to hate the word.

[Sylph ish]

like socialism, it sounds great but doesn't work in the real world

[famewalk]

But anyway, considering we're all good ingrates, why don't we all end the threatened topic by hurling out each our suitable MORAL insult.

Existentialism will need the witty way, as I see it. We must accomplish the state of ending JAZZ music. Or we must defeat the oncoming destruction of resolving a life without VIRTUE.:o