The Talmud encourages Jews to commit all manner of criminal activity without fear of punishment, but the Jewish Encyclopedia states that the penalty for Gentiles who violate even one of the 7 Noahide Laws is death.

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Nope, not at all. I am not religious at all. Instead I know the meaning of my life and of all human life, in a more general manner. As such, "to live is to suffer" takes on a great meaning, where the REASON for our suffering makes gives it worth enduring. Of course, for people who do not know such things, suffering seems like what's to be avoided. But a conscious being understands the futility of attempting to avoid suffering, rather than conquering it.

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I'm glad most people don't have that attitude. Because we would still be living in the stone age if they did. Progress is generally a result of trying to make life easier, more pleasurable, to avoid hard work or to gain more of what you desire.
Trying to conquer suffering sounds nice, until you get a major tooth ache - in that case I'm pretty sure most people would prefer to get rid of their suffering by visiting the dentist.
Trying to conquer your suffering is what you do when you have no means to avoid it, or when it is a necessary price for avoiding greater suffering in the future. Every reasonable person lives like that. You live like that. Get off your high horse.

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Being CONSCIOUS of the MEANING of life removes a lot of the illusion that the self is in control. It is not. What you think you are, is a sham. What each and everyone of us think we are, IS A LIE. And so are our lives. But fine.

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Dude, many major philosophers, scientists, theologians, architects, writers, and scholars have had this exact perspective. People who went on to create great things which helped alleviate suffering for themselves and for others. This isn't a perspective where we say that all happiness is to be avoided, that all pleasure is to be avoided. This is a perspective where we say that happiness isn't the GOAL. You are saying that it is the goal, and I think you have good reasons for that. Also, you are a moral relativist if you use objective standards for one situation (pedophilia) then subjective standards for another, similar one (bestiality)