Materialism is the reason Africa is devastated.
I'd rather drive a nice car than talk to God or connect with the universe. Cuz I'll connect with the universe when I'll die anyway.
What makes you think death will be the exception to your experiences?
There's a difference between enjoying the material plane and being a slave to materialism.
Materialism is what keeps people out of poverty.
To think otherwise is plain stupidity.
Materialism is what keeps people out of poverty.
To think otherwise is plain stupidity.
What do you mean? I live in a material world so I'm going to live materialistically. ONce I die and go to wherever, I don't even know, then I'll live spiritually because I'll be in the spiritual world.
Materials keep people out of poverty. Not materialism.
My point is why should death be any different than life. Death is a physical process.
If you say death is spiritual, life must be also.
"Materialists" want to keep ALL the materials under their control, so they can profit from selling them at the highest possible price. They conspire to acquire, for their own personal increase in wealth. This limits the available supply, and creates the impoverished sector of the economy. Anyone who can't afford to pay them the money they're so desperate and greedy to have, or is unwilling or unable to work for them as expendable, subservient wage-slaves, earning as little as they can possibly manage to pay them, they consider to be entirely "useless", and unworthy of any consideration or respect.
What do you mean? I live in a material world so I'm going to live materialistically. ONce I die and go to wherever, I don't even know, then I'll live spiritually because I'll be in the spiritual world.
It doesn't make sense to pursue spirituality when we live a material world. If I can touch, see, hear, taste, smell this world that is material... then I want to do what I can to enjoy how I how I sense this world.
I have no senses that allow me to sense any other dimensions or planes or spirituality.
Being a slave to materialism is enjoying materialism. To live on Earth, in a sense, is hard work. We are constantly working to make our lives more enjoyable and comfortable.
If you don't want to be a slave to materialism then kill yourself. I'm not saying that you, specifically, should. I'm saying in general. To be alive is to be materialistic. To dead is to be one with the spirits. If you want spirituality instead of pursuing material possessions and see no use for them and see no point in enjoying them, then seriously just kill yourself. What's the point in living a life of materialism if you don't believe in materialism.
I don't see why
wanting more stuff for yourself
beyond your basic needs
is seen as a bad thing.
Stop being mean to me ):
I like having money and stuff.