http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/healthy-and-unhealthy-consumerism/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/healthy-and-unhealthy-consumerism/#comment-70465 Chris Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:40:35 +0000 http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/healthy-and-unhealthy-consumerism/#comment-70465 When a society, as a whole, has given up any thought of life beyond physical existence, it becomes jaded and cynical, unable to conceive of the transcendent truths that once fueled its people. Europe has abandoned its Christian past, only to find that it has nothing to replace it with, except for empty pleasure in today. Somewhat surprisingly, the Muslim world is the same, due to their fatalism, which comes from Allah being both untouchable and omnipotent. Neither society seems to have much hope for this world beyond what they can take from it, the Europeans because they see no future beyond it, and the Muslims because they have no hope in this world of anything better than their current bad lot. When a society, as a whole, has given up any thought of life beyond physical existence, it becomes jaded and cynical, unable to conceive of the transcendent truths that once fueled its people. Europe has abandoned its Christian past, only to find that it has nothing to replace it with, except for empty pleasure in today. Somewhat surprisingly, the Muslim world is the same, due to their fatalism, which comes from Allah being both untouchable and omnipotent. Neither society seems to have much hope for this world beyond what they can take from it, the Europeans because they see no future beyond it, and the Muslims because they have no hope in this world of anything better than their current bad lot.

]]> http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/healthy-and-unhealthy-consumerism/#comment-70323 Danny Lemieux Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:12:53 +0000 http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/healthy-and-unhealthy-consumerism/#comment-70323 England has attained Anthony Burgess' vision as expressed in his "A Clockwork Orange". They have become sheep...a ready sacrifice to the wolves that must not be named. I, for one, mourn the passing of the British lion and hope that, somewhere, his offspring are preparing to reawaken the British spirit. I am not optimistic. England has attained Anthony Burgess’ vision as expressed in his “A Clockwork Orange”. They have become sheep…a ready sacrifice to the wolves that must not be named. I, for one, mourn the passing of the British lion and hope that, somewhere, his offspring are preparing to reawaken the British spirit. I am not optimistic.

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