Quote by David Foster Wallace, Kenyon Com
This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship.Because here's something else that's weird but true: in the day-to day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship -- be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles -- is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It's the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It's been codified as myths, proverbs, clich
Summary
This quote emphasizes the importance of education in understanding the concept of freedom and making conscious choices in life. The author argues that everyone worships something in their daily life, whether it be a religious deity or something else they place value in. The quote suggests that worshipping material possessions or physical attributes will never bring satisfaction, as they are insatiable desires. Instead, the author suggests choosing a spiritual or ethical belief system to worship, as it provides a meaningful and fulfilling existence. The quote encourages self-reflection and the pursuit of more substantial sources of meaning and purpose.
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Atheism
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