Zoe and the Priest

A priest in infinite wisdom said...
Priest: there are only two paths in life: the chaotic and the hopeful. The inference is clear. Believing in an afterlife brings hope, whereas not believing, brings chaos.

Zoe: There is another teaching that says, that only when we lose all hope, are we at our most free.

Priest: Not believing brings uncertainty. There is no answer, so its better to believe in one.

Zoe: Here is where love of fate comes in, believing in destiny, whatever it might be.

Priest: People don't think that way...because its not too comfortable to think that way.

Zoe: Well then they are cowards. Or they want nothing from this world besides comfort. Cults come up, and all of this religion stuff can be seen as a joke. One guy creates a relligion and becomes a savior, and thus obtains the greatest power one can have over a person. By saving them, they are in your debt. By feeding them the answer, they are forced to swallow the heavy rocks. Then the question is, what should move the soul? Comfort or the unknown, danger, adventure, love. I think its a vicious circle because the mechanizing world which we live in eliminates the possibilities for creativity and adventure and seeks out comfort and certainty. It doesnt laugh at fear, it views it as a serious threat. This is the position of modern psychology...or at least teh one shown by their support for pills and stuff...those make you like a zombie. If you are pissed at the world and easily angered by it, you get pills that slow down your nervous system so you dont perceive what you dont want to perceive. Children should be the philosophers. They should be the statesmen and the politicians. Christian ethic...it teaches you to distrust yourself...to trust society before yourself. Guilt and shame are societal tools...to create a society, not to maximize the potential of the individual. Theres where nietzsche comes in, he looks at the individual before he looks at society. He looks at the nervous system before he looks at ideas and values.