(From April 20140
I stumbled upon something that utterly grieves me that, that I feel I must share my thoughts about it.
Yes in this is love, that the wages of your self righteous rebellious, selfish, Freudian, Maslow affirming, desires have all been paid for in BLOOD by the one who gave all of himself to us. With one act of sacrifice, he broke the bondage to selfishness. He rose from the dead proving he was God, king of the universe come to teach us how to love. Author of life, yet he gave us his life. Judge of the world yet he forgives you of all sin.
Paul Hudson a self proclaimed philosopher and contributor to the "Elite Daily" thinks that love is or should be completely selfish, via picking up this trait through evolution.
"We have evolved, as animals, to survive, which necessitates us looking out for ourselves first and foremost."
Unfortunately this is a classic lie purported as the loop hole of evolutionary psychology for having to account for the screwed up world we live in and the inherent evil every human being contributes to this world.
Evolution is the result of natural selection. It is the result of survival. We did not evolve to survive rather evolutionary biology claims we have survived and therefore we evolved. As for those who continue to beat the evolutionary psychology drum consider that an ideal in our society and our minds is sacrifice and it does not help us survive yet we all feel internally obliged toward it in one form or another. Why do you naturally feel guilty when you see a little child in a building on fire that you don't risk your life to run in and rescue her. Does evolution think that life is precious to and we shouldn't do holocausts or it hasn't figured that one out yet? Sacrifice is the ultimate ideal of our society in fact, even though today our society is now drowned in utilitarianism and no longer wants to hear of ideals. Ideals are becoming less and less popular, distorted and unattainable fiction as the article suggests selfless love to be.
But let me notify you that no matter how much the nihilistic philosophers of our age continue to beat the drums selfishness and autonomy, real love will and always stands in contrast to these.
Paul Hudson has rather reflected the the post-modern lingo for what love means to us Americans. I assess that the love he speaks of is a mere charm, a lie we tell those we wish to "own" and have selfishly. Yes many of us lie that we love, which as Hudson points out is simply our overwhelming craving for attributes of the individual. Yet this is not the love any of us (except Paul) wants. This sexually charged me-ism is a facade, a delusions we dupe ourselves into. If this is love then Freud was absolutely correct in his human assessments.
Despite the raw reality of our selfishness, we all crave something more real, more powerful to cling to. The answer is sacrifice! Real love is sacrifice! "In sickness and in health" is not in our vows because we wanted to ensure a social contract or be obedient to the wealthy (as Karl Marx) might argue. Rather we humans are amazed by selflessness, it is so foreign to our being, so unattainable! Why are we unable to overcome our greedy passions?
The reason it is unattainable is because we have not learned anything of true sacrifice, rather seen and heard only of self indulgence by the philosophers of your favorite hip-hop radio stations and iTunes collection. There was only one place where sacrifice might have been preached and many of them too have failed to do so, earning hypocrite badges as they drive away in their luxury vehicles.
Where is sacrificial love to be found? My friends "In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us, and has sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
His name is Jesus.
"We have evolved, as animals, to survive, which necessitates us looking out for ourselves first and foremost."
Unfortunately this is a classic lie purported as the loop hole of evolutionary psychology for having to account for the screwed up world we live in and the inherent evil every human being contributes to this world.
Evolution is the result of natural selection. It is the result of survival. We did not evolve to survive rather evolutionary biology claims we have survived and therefore we evolved. As for those who continue to beat the evolutionary psychology drum consider that an ideal in our society and our minds is sacrifice and it does not help us survive yet we all feel internally obliged toward it in one form or another. Why do you naturally feel guilty when you see a little child in a building on fire that you don't risk your life to run in and rescue her. Does evolution think that life is precious to and we shouldn't do holocausts or it hasn't figured that one out yet? Sacrifice is the ultimate ideal of our society in fact, even though today our society is now drowned in utilitarianism and no longer wants to hear of ideals. Ideals are becoming less and less popular, distorted and unattainable fiction as the article suggests selfless love to be.
But let me notify you that no matter how much the nihilistic philosophers of our age continue to beat the drums selfishness and autonomy, real love will and always stands in contrast to these.
Paul Hudson has rather reflected the the post-modern lingo for what love means to us Americans. I assess that the love he speaks of is a mere charm, a lie we tell those we wish to "own" and have selfishly. Yes many of us lie that we love, which as Hudson points out is simply our overwhelming craving for attributes of the individual. Yet this is not the love any of us (except Paul) wants. This sexually charged me-ism is a facade, a delusions we dupe ourselves into. If this is love then Freud was absolutely correct in his human assessments.
Despite the raw reality of our selfishness, we all crave something more real, more powerful to cling to. The answer is sacrifice! Real love is sacrifice! "In sickness and in health" is not in our vows because we wanted to ensure a social contract or be obedient to the wealthy (as Karl Marx) might argue. Rather we humans are amazed by selflessness, it is so foreign to our being, so unattainable! Why are we unable to overcome our greedy passions?
The reason it is unattainable is because we have not learned anything of true sacrifice, rather seen and heard only of self indulgence by the philosophers of your favorite hip-hop radio stations and iTunes collection. There was only one place where sacrifice might have been preached and many of them too have failed to do so, earning hypocrite badges as they drive away in their luxury vehicles.
Where is sacrificial love to be found? My friends "In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us, and has sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
His name is Jesus.
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