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[โ€“] 19 points 1 year ago (13 children)

It's a state of mind, according to Jesus (Luke 17:21).

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  • [โ€“] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's weird that state of mind includes burning hellfire

    Mark 9:43

    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Metaphor, allegory, analogy. Matthew 13:10 otherwise you could end up in prison, dead, or exiled. Oh look, we've come full circle.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Who gets to determine which ones are allegory and which are literal?

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Well rich people demonstrably have better mental health as far as happiness than those struggling to pay bills or in even worse situations... So... Kinda' a distinction without a point.

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  • [โ€“] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Do POTUS, Musk, Thiel, Yarvin SEEM happy or healthy to you?

    Epstein or Max? How about the girls on the island? Go look at photos.

    Now consider social media influencers. The little boy that is in the iconic photo hugging the cop.

    Now consider what we know beyond the way it looks.

    There's persona and personality. They are not the same things.

    Can wealthy people be happy and healthy? Maybe, if they're actually good people and never look too deeply at the family wealth, or if they're not too developed, in certain ways.

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Congratulations, you've utterly and completely missed the point about how money creates ample room for happiness. Whereas not having money creates stress and awful situations.

    Again, congratulations on completely and utterly missing the point.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    AFAIK you're kinda wrong about that. Research suggests that money improves happiness only to a certain point. Once you got the basic meets met it doesn't really matter anymore.

    People in poorer countries often live happier lives compared to those in rich ones.

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yeah because I'm living a completely lux life. ๐Ÿ™„ I'm angry but not bitter or depressed anymore.

    Eta: in fact, despite my personal challenges, I'm pretty mentally healthy and decently happy, most of the time. I have my moments but they're not consuming me. I quit playing the victim card and started playing the victim victory hand.

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