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Well, there are problems with identifying the good with pleasure; for one, few people would call a life inside a happy box a good life. If you make this identification, then, you'll want to distinguish between different sorts of pleasures, but it's unclear that you really have any good reason for doing so. But I don't really need that. When we say that God is good, we mean that he has our best interests in mind. That is to say, if you want really good pleasures, working towards going to heaven is the way to go.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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