Master_Shake

I remember a part from a George Carlin skit from the early '90s. The Big electron. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is, and so are we for a little while.

I remember hearing this and being immensely comforted by it. I like living by the premise that nothing I do really matters. Certainly by the code of most moral systems I have not been a "good" person. I am selfish, uncaring, vindictive, and sometimes downright evil.* Most moral institutions claim that I will be judged by someone or something eventually, and this would have filled me with an enourmous sense of guilt. I see no value in a feeling of guilt. It would only prevent me from enjoying even the small amount of happiness I have managed to obtain.

Please don't misunderstand; I don't use the absence of judgement to prevent me from doing bad things. I would do bad things anyway, I just don't feel guilt for doing them.

*I am careful not to break the law of the government. Although I have no respect for the law of god, I have immense respect for the law of the government, or as I like to call it, "The arbitrary law of the biggest mafia with the biggest collection of guns, ever." I recognize that if I break the law of the mafia, I will be put in a very uncormfortable position, so I follow its rules when I must.