Becoming a Woman of Moderation: Sugar-Coating the Truth

But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Sugar-Coating the Truth

This made me laugh:

(But hold the sugar, add some cheese, and deep-fry it and then ya got me!)

I'm sorry if this offends anyone. Goes to show how warped my sense of humour is.

But you know what this also goes to show? That we are indeed too used to joking about indulging our sinful nature. This picture was SUPPOSED to be funny. Interesting how easy it is to laugh about it instead of admit it's an issue.

Sin is sin. Indulging our sinful nature is indulging our sinful nature.

This picture SHOULD make us uncomfortable. And yet...