A free society needs free thinking individuals to function.
2006-09-26 09:12:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Being dead to self as a spiritual state assumes that everyone is dead to self and alive to service to others. So we would all get our needs met because we would all be about meeting the needs of others. It makes sense just like Marxism...in other words, not at all, because while cooperation is part of our behavior, it is so for the sake of mutual benefit. in other words it is ultimately motivated by one's desires, even if those desires are just to be a force for good. So we really can't and don't want to be free of self and the motivation it drives unless we all want to starve.
2006-09-26 09:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being dead to the self means being alive in the Spirit. You cannot serve the world and God at the same time.
2006-09-26 16:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Someone who is dead to self only needs the right flicker to be someone or something. Someone who is physically dead can no longer physically contribute to the world.
2006-09-26 16:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by theamericanbombers 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dead to self means, you put God first. Then others. Then yourself.
2006-09-26 16:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by SherryB 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free thinking doesn't mean believe what the media,government,
liberals,etc. tell you to believe.Then bash and persecute any who dares believe what you don't.Free thinking is believing inspite of the bashing and persecution.People in the old Soviet Union,China,could explain that to you.
2006-09-26 16:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only way you would be better off dead is if you were dead to Christ. Or if your name is whynotaskdon..
2006-09-26 16:15:16 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No---as long as there is human life---there is hope for salvation. God does not rejoice in the destruction of souls. He wants you to turn to him. He is everything good.
2006-09-26 16:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, if you are dead to self, you will put the will of God and the welfare of others before your wishes.
2006-09-26 16:15:31 · answer #8 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? I don't. Do you mean in a Christian sense or a Buddhist sense?
2006-09-26 16:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what they are alive to.
2006-09-26 16:13:52 · answer #10 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋