04-12-2004, 12:43 AM
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Cracking the Whip
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Originally posted by Seer666
Just got to ask one thing on this one. Why would living for today be absurd and hedonistic? I'm not to good at quoting the bible and all of that, but didn't Jesus himself say something to the effects of live life for today don't worry about tomorrow? I might be wrong there. I mean, think about it for a minute, who is more absurd, the person that lives their life as a good person in hopes of some reward in an afterlife that may or may not come, or the person that believes in nothing beyound death, but lives a good and full life simple because it is the "right" thing to do?
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I believe this is what you are thinking of:
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Matthew 6:25-34
25 "For R207 this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 "Do not worry then, saying, `What will we eat?' or `What will we drink?' or `What will we wear for clothing?' 32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Jesus isn't saying to live hedonistically.
Rather, He is saying that we should live in the moment and not worry about tommorrow.
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