Pleasure is Your Master: The Lies of a Hedonistic Culture
Introduction This writing is something that I may have to somewhat apologize for but then again, I will not. There is this tendency in the current cultural climate that has taken rise that should be addressed. It is this idea that those who profess Christ and follow a Christian (or Judeo-Christian moral structure) are chastised for being “slaves.” In this discourse, I shall contend that it is not the moralistic tendencies of Christians (and Jews) who are truly slaves but those who profess to be genuinely free but are enslaved to their desires that are the problem. The Story As the modern story goes, the Christian is nothing but a bigot who serves a benign God who only desires to control the subject. The problem that I presently see is that this seems contrary to the whole biblical corpus. Galatians 5:1 says that Christ has set us free. First Corinthians 9:19-23, Paul lays out that he is free and belongs to no one. However, he has chosen to be a slave