zodiac2 May 2004

Once again, you've got cause and effect ten different kinds of backwards. You've essentially said:

1. Christianity appeals to me because it teaches denial of worldly pleasure, which I think should be denied...

2. ...although if it were up to me I'd "create a religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure" -

3. which is why I need religion. I'd just bollocks it up otherwise (cf. "Shame" and "Joseph, Joseph" by Joe-joe)...

4. ...though the desire to deny oneself pleasure and live, I don't know, "purely" or something is the natural tendency of the human soul.

5. How do we know this? Because the religion I subscribe to says so.

What a bunch of crap assumptions. Please in the future do not assume anything about MY human nature or soul or whatever, which despite ten years of Catholic school and the fact of my being raised in an essentially evangelical and puritanical country says nothing about the inherent evil of worldly pleasure.

Joe-joe: Your system is crap too, Zodie.

zodiac: No. Probably not.

Joe-joe: [some random unrelated thing.]