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Does the title imply some sort if 'true' idol exists? The thing to pursue in life is joy. Some find joy in their work. An idol in our society is materialism,
by smitty1e 5y ago
Does the title imply some sort if 'true' idol exists?
The thing to pursue in life is joy. Some find joy in their work.
An idol in our society is materialism, 'the joy of stuff'.
Materialism is not the same as capitalism, any more than the body is the mind.
However, there are misguided people who'd lead others to conflate materialism and capitalism if possible.
- hprotagonist 5y ago> Does the title imply some sort if 'true' idol exists? All idols are false, and ultimately are (if you think Stringfellow was right) just a different ways of saying death. And worshiping them ultimately ends in “the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.”
- smitty1e 5y agoAgreed. I would have titled The Famous Article: "Worship of Work is Idolatry".