Envy is a symptom of pride.

Post #26,587 by marlowe 1/30/02 4:51:13 PM Reply	Envy is a symptom of pride. It boils down to: "How dare they be more successful than us?" [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #26,591 by Brandioch 1/30/02 5:33:32 PM Reply	For you, maybe. But you still haven't accounted for the fear of the "Welfare Queens" and their high priced cars. Envy?
Post #26,601 by marlowe 1/30/02 7:06:16 PM Reply	Who fears welfare queens? Do you honestly know anyone who pees his pants when a welfare queen rolls by in her limo? I don't know how it is on planet Brandioch, but here on earth we don't fear parasites. We despise them, and do our best to make them fear us. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #26,603 by Brandioch 1/30/02 7:57:44 PM Reply	Perhaps you don't listen. "Do you honestly know anyone who pees his pants when a welfare queen rolls by in her limo?" Take a look at a google search on "welfare queen" and you'll see a whole lot of people afraid. "I don't know how it is on planet Brandioch, but here on earth we don't fear parasites." Hmmm, you're making this too easy. So, if they have less than you, they're envious. Or they're parasites. "We despise them, and do our best to make them fear us." I see that fear plays a very important role in your world view.
Post #26,592 by mhuber 1/30/02 5:37:27 PM 1/31/02 3:18:36 PM Reply	A bit of theological theory There is an idea that pretty much every form of badness stems from pride. I haven't seen any real specific counter-examples to that, but my own inclination is to see that most sin derives from self-loathing. I think a case could be made that the thing these guys are really trying to kill is an aspect of themselves. We threaten their order mostly by temptation. If they weren't tempted, we wouldn't be much of a threat. That perspective doesn't contradict the idea of pride being the root - self-loathing is driven (at least partly) by an exaggerated idea of what that self should be. Pride, in other words. ---- "You don't have to be right - just use bolded upper case" - annon. Edited by mhuber Jan. 31, 2002, 03:18:36 PM EST Expand All History
Post #26,598 by Ashton 1/30/02 6:31:35 PM Reply	Ben Franklin's take (~~) I think that in time I might overcome all of the sins - except vanity - for even were I to become truly humble, I'd probably feel vain about it. Can't 'Win' :-\ufffd I'm the humblest person I know: I'm Numbah One!

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