From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 11:05:35 MST
Forwarded with permission. What do you think of the current description of
the Apathy sin and what do you think of Mark's suggested revision?
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Matthews" <mark@smartmark.net>
To: <david@lucifer.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 10:43 AM
Subject: Greetings
>
>
> I like your site. The graphic design is very good
> and the content is excellent. Thanks for the links.
>
> One criticism, you listed "Apathy" as a sin, but
> I was left to wonder why. "There can be no logical
> argument against apathy. If you don't care about
> anything then that is pretty much the end of the
> story. If you don't care about leading a meaningless
> life, then surely apathy is the key."
>
> Sorry, that did not make any sense to me. Here is
> how I would describe it - The opposite of love
> is not hate, for these are but expressions of the
> same emotion, where as apathy is the absence
> of either. It is the meme of Nihilism which would
> make meaninglessness a virtue and passion a
> vice.
>
>
> /mark
>
>
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