Sunday, January 13, 2008
YOU ARE A MATERIALIST
take a look around for a second because this gets me pretty angry. and whats worse is that i fall into it a lot of times to. we are all materialists. materialism has taken over our society and minds in an attempt to destroy or diminish anything of real or lasting value. the latest gadgets that come out .. do you have them? the newest cars.. are we drooling over them yet? the abundance of clothes that fill our wardrobe.. are we failing to realize something here? billions. yea, billions of people would want to trade lives with us in a second. if we could only get it through our thick skulls that we are NOT the only people that matter, maybe then we would spend less time and money shopping, acquiring things that provide instant gratification but no real lasting contentment. are we not aware that we are just feeding into what the media is drilling into our heads? that we need to stay on top of our games, because the "real world" or the "professional or school" world tells us we need to? why are we in such competition? and with whom? is it really just ourselves that we compete against? what a sad story. the fact that you have a job.. the fact that you are reading this right now.. and have more than your share of outfits.. or car.... the reality is that any ONE of these things, not even all of them, puts you at a better spot and grants you bragging rights about a better lifestyle than over half the world's population. what the hell gives us the right to keep wanting more and keep giving less? selfish individuals that we are... maybe if everything we touched turned into gold..
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thanks for making me feel like crap. jerk!
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It sounds like you're really against current times, the advertisment of current technology, and man's measure of success. You're angry at the guy who has everything because how dare he flaunt it! You say life is not based on these things or boasting about them, if it is then it is meangingless! I for one don't believe that I need to get every new gadget to get ahead, for the most part I agree with you. But if people don't buy these things as luxuries, how will we know it works? How do we know these are things that we cannot use? All we need is simple people who don't buy these things, who go around knocking on people's doors to meet them face to face instead of texting them, WRONG! History should never repeat itself, but as time goes by our problems are many and new. We don't have the same problems we did have before. We need new cures, new technology to keep us together, new inspiration to further these ideas. God gave us these things so we can use, so we can advance according to what we need. I think the question you need to ask is "do you want to be useful or dispensable?". Some of these new gadgets help where it is truly needed. A cell phone with text can allow schools to alert students if there is a terrorist in the building and assist them to safer parts on campus, new g.p.s. systems can guide you to safety, etc.. We are needy society, yes we are relying too much on them for the wrong purposes but if people don't then how will we know it can help? People are imperfect and what we make is imperfect because our thinking is that way. Vanity, maybe, but let me ask you something, is it easier to talk face to face with a pretty girl or a girl that does not have what your eyes consider beauty. If I know you then you'll say that doesn't matter, but what you don't really see is that most of the girls you probably talk to are the pretty ones. Why? Because they caught your attention, your interest. If you didn't want vanity, then maybe you should start there. We are all flawed but our flaws are not all the same. Maybe one of your friends texts but never calls and maybe the other you've lost touch with because of differences or distance, so they don't talk, so you my friend can never listen even during the times they need you the most. Pick your battles Nel.
anonymous, great insight but u might be missing the point just a little bit.
agreed w/the second anonymous. dang.
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