While We Are On The Subject Of Money

But we weren't on the subject of money.  Well, now that we are...  (Hehe, that's paraphrased from "Arthur the Aardvark," the kids' TV show.)

What is this weird permeating notion that money will not bring a person happiness?

I am not talking about hoarding millions.  I am not talking about fatcat embezzling CEOs.  Hiding petty cash that is whisked away to a Swiss bank account.

I am talking about having enough funds to cover the basic expenses of living.  There is a nonplussing fervent notion, spewing forth from all the magazine editorials, from all the newspaper editorials, from all the political talking heads and news sound bites, that money will not bring anyone happiness.  This opinion is utter hogwash.  Money most certainly can bring one happiness.

Perhaps not happiness specifically, as in joy__
But most certainly, it will bring peace of mind.
__a little bit of respite from the worry, dread [[[____]]]] in the back of one’s mind,
__the gnawing anxiety, “oh lord, the kids are outgrowing their clothes and they really need new ones.”  And that is just as important.

Mgt Fall 2000-- Follo hot on heels of other one or tw ess.  (Because I made claim that in order to retain and keep qualified good talent, you will have to pay them fairly, compensate them justly.))
Why is seeking money such an eeeevilll goal??
The sociopolitical talking bites adamantly try to beat it into the public’s collective skull that financial solvency is somehow a bad thing.

I get bored with the word “soul” because the only times I see that word being used, the instances cannot really be taken seriously.  Hippies use the word “soul” when they complain that a person that wants financial peace of mind does not have one.  Or high school kids are dating and they start talking about “soul-mates.”

 ((Or that money won't bring you happiness.  This is patently false claim.
__a person wishes to attain financial peace of mind._
Ok, so a money amount beyond a certain threshold will not bring happiness.  But before this specific line of demarcation is reached, money most certainly will bring happiness.
You hear all the time about how big businesses want to make money and this categorizes them as evil vicious selfish////etc.  Uh okk, look, it is a business.  The purpose of a business existing is precisely so that it can make money.

Perhaps the people saying all this have never been poor.  They have never had to experience the indignity of having to choose between eating dinner that day -and- stockpiling the money (stashing )) so that you can afford your rent the next month.

((mention charity donated funds always, always, needed, esp. since I just wrote article about spiritual stuff)))

As I type this, the Christmas holiday shopping rush is in full gale all around me.
Many people have to choose between getting new toys for their kids –and-- buying groceries for the month.

Congealed Thoughts On Abortion

00the abortion pill has now been invented, and this is a good thing.  This is why the abortion pill is a good thing.  This way, if someone feels the need to get an abortion, they can terminate the pregnancy when it is basically nothing more than a zygote, a blastula.  At this stage in its biological development, it is not a human being yet.

There was a married couple featured in the article, who decided to abort the second pregnancy.  They looked at what they are capable of handling, __ and they weighted the situation, the pros and cons, and they arrived at a logical reasonable conclusion based on the facts.  This is a good thing that they did this.

I have said if before, and I will say it again.  Reproductive capability alone does not determine evolution.  They used logic and reasoning, and they thought ahead and followed the potential situation to its logical conclusions.  Using deductive reasoning, they determined what the likely possible outcome would be in the future.

In this case, this is not much more morally reprehensible than taking a very strong antibiotic medicine.  There are medicines to get rid of parasites such as ringworm.  The abortion pill delivers a similar [[[purpose,__ swift blow._ efficient purpose.]]]

Because yeah, if someone gets an abortion __ and the pregnancy is pretty far along, I will admit that gives me the heebie jeebies.  If the fetus already starts to resemble an actual live baby, that is quite creepy to get an abortion at that stage.  If the woman is lazy enough to let it fester to the point in time at which she starts to show the live viable pregnancy, that is pretty disgusting.  At that point it is too far along to casually pretend they're not screwed.  But if they can nip it in the bud, they should take advantage of the resources.

Also, we must address the sickening, uncomfortable topic of when abortion is unfortunately a necessity.  Like it or not, real horrors do exist and do take place every single day.  r--d, child molestation.  Yes, I am aware that those are very similar crimes, almost essentially the same thing.  But child abuse is such a sick nasty vile crime that it warrants classification as a separate crime.  Law enforcement agrees with me.

But I have to admit, some of the protests in favor of abortion are comical, ludicrous.  Such as how many pro-choice advocates say, "abortion should be legal but it should not be used as a form of birth control."  Err, huh?  That is kind of exactly what abortion is used for-- as a form of birth control.  That is the point and purpose of the whole thing.  Look, pro-abortion advocates, don't sit there and say you are pro-abortion but then object to some of them reasons that people get abortions.  Either be pro-abortion all the way like you say you are, or admit that you have moral qualms to it.

Or when self-described liberals claim they are pro-choice but they also say it is their lifelong dream to reduce the number of abortions.  Like in national statistics, they dream that one day the people will have fewer abortions.  Well, if abortions are so damn great and liberating and empowering and they are "my right as a woman," then why is it ever a bad thing?  If abortions are supported by "strong women," then why would you ever want to decrease the numbers?

I will admit that I lose respect for someone if I find out they had an abortion voluntarily and it was not because they were rdd.  Cher had a couple three of abortions, I think.  Nasty.  Gloria Steinen, who is arguably one of the world's most famous feminists, is the one that I happen to like the least.  She had an abortion.  She is quoted as having said, "I could either give birth to someone else, or I could give birth to myself."  And then she was spurred on her quest to become a feminist.  Now, I take issue with her statement.  She thinks her child that she is carrying is "someone else?"  So she regards her potential kid as a complete stranger, a weird creature entity that has nothing to do with herself.

This is pretty creepy.  But she probably did the right thing getting an abortion.  She has pretty much admitted that she did not want to have a kid.  Carrying the fetus to term would not be beneficial for anyone.  Not for G. Steinem, who doesn't want it.  Certainly not for the kid.  The kid would likely just be dropped off at a foster home only to be doomed to a life of bleakness and depression and poverty.  Better to just nip it in the bud when it is not a human yet.

Re: Spirituality And Faith

Why do I continue to read the damn thing if all it's doing is depressing me about the sad state of affairs in today’s modern world?  I guess it is like the proverbial train wreck.  It is horrifying and nausea-inducing, but you just can't look away.  It’s the sheer absurdity and awful sensationalistic aspect.

The tone of this individual’s comment seemed really angry.  And that jackass jesse ventura, spewing crap about that organized religion is for cowards.  Christ.

Ahm, this was taking vitriol against religion to a far greater extent than what I intended.  Sigh.  This is not what I expected. This is not what I signed up for when I decided to extricate myself from organized religion.
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Also, it felt as though something were missing from my life.  I must have spirituality in my life.  This is important to me.  If not any one specific organized religion, then I do still need meditation.
I like pondering the big questions, I like thinking about philosophy...  Like what the person Buddha did in his own life, hehe.

From an anthropological perspective-- religion is very important to human beings as part of their psyche, as part of the human experience.  And if someone, atheist or not, refuses to understand that, then frankly that is an unrealistic, non-understanding ahole.  So yes, I can most certainly study this as an anthropologist -- study religion as a human being.

Back in high school, I began studying the evolution of religions for fun in my spare time.  (Not as a class; there was no religion class offered at my high school.)  It was fascinating, so interesting and intriguing to me.  I was not doing this to expose the hypocrisy of religiosity or some crap.  I was studying this because I was fascinated by anthropology and psychology.  Still am.

I was fascinated by biology, by biochemistry.  I had found a textbook of psychology which I consumed.  Anthropology, environmental science, archaeology.  I studied the formation and progression of languages as they started out in the fertile crescent, beginning with Aramaic, the Phoenicians, and then Latin, with Hebrew and Arabic, then later Spanish and Italian.  I am an all-around intellectually curious person.  Why shouldn't I also study religion?  Anything less would be intellectually a hypocrite.