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It's less about a faith specifically but how religion fundamentally focuses what not to do, as opposed what you want out of life, which is what modern self-help focuses on. Religion is "the stick" style of self-help whereas modern self-help is more like "the carrot". Of course religion as self-help is fairly outdated and doesn't make a lot of sense by modern standards because it's 2000 years old but that's kind of besides the point. It's essentially about ethics and having a healthy relationship with one's mortality, something which modern self-help doesn't necessarily adequately equip you with. Modern self-help without adequate ethics would be a pick-up devil for example. Remember that religion is responsible for much of the moral standards that we hold as given today. It's not obvious that murder is bad to uncivilized people.

Obviously, most self-help is success oriented. But the average person needs more success before they can start thinking about god, arguably.

It's less about the specific belief in god than it's about how religion mirrors self-help but in a "stick" way, as opposed to the "Carrot" way that characterizes modern self-help, IE. what not to do in life as opposed to getting what you want out of life. It essentially boils down to ethics and having an adequate sense of one's mortality in my opinion. Buddhism I would characterize as religious self-help that doesn't center a belief in god. Modern self-help has the advantage in that it's generally very clear and easy to follow, whereas antique material can be quiet obtuse. It's a mistake to compare apples to oranges though, as long as you are getting something out of the material.

Thou shalt not eat chicken and lick thy fingers on a sunday afternoon lest thou go to hell.

FIY this is not chud christianposting. This is more about the concept of having ethical standards and having a healthy relationship towards one's mortality.

Whereas modern self-help is about getting what you want out of life, IE. "carrot" self-help, religion was about what not to do, IE. "stick" self-help. Religion always instills in you a sense a duty and belonging towards the straight and narrow whereas modern self-help doesn't necessarily instill any responsibility relative to excess. Pick-up devils or stock brokers would be good example of excess driven by modern self-help (and modern culture tends to reward excess). I think the reason why people in the past gravitated more towards "the stick" and why nothing like Tony Robbins existed back then is because life was much harder and more brutal. Religion set basic moral standards that probably didn't exist prior and equipped people to better deal with a hard life. One thing that characterizes modern self-help culture in my opinion is that it instill a sense of entitlement relative to getting what you want out of life. But sometimes life gives you things you don't want, such as war or chronic illness. People have no frame of reference when they suddenly end up in a situation that throws their life upside down. You can kind of see this culture in action when people disparage drafts. Drafts are essentially a form of institutionalized servitude but are often necessary for collective survival in a lot of cases. People didn't have the luxury to feel entitled about their life back then. They where too busy just trying to survive and had to make do. Religion as old self-help better equipped people to deal with death, as people died younger back then, something that modern self-help doesn't really deal with directly in my opinion. In general, modern culture doesn't really teach people to have a good relationship with death. People generally want to live forever then get disappointed with life when they die. Now, you could argue that believing your going to heaven when you die of tuberculosis at 41 isn't good either, but how far off is that really though? Not that modern self-help is bad, but it's interesting to note the distinction in how modern self-help and religion differ philosophically. Just my 2 cents.

He's estranging himself by his actions. It's natural that you start disliking him. Sometimes people have to hit rock bottom before anything else can happen. You could try to talk to him and convince him of how much more painful his addiction will be than pleasurable, but that's not guaranteed to work, especially if he's not listening. The core issue of addiction is that the addict feels like they would be missing out without their vice. Breaking addiction is therefor about feeling like you no longer care if you miss out. Best you can do either way is to just focus on yourself and your goals.

RIP buddy. Recognize some of his songs from Tiktok edits. 32 is too young.

Communism is very good at criticizing capitalism, but they are too idelogical when it comes to human nature to be politically effective. What you see in communist dictatorships like China is that younger generations of rulers are less ideological and therefor end up decentralizing parts of the economy because it works. Even in North Korea they allow black markets to exist because it helps prevent starvation.

Billionaire and authoritarian populists exploit the discontent of migration to get into power and self-deal. They are much better at talking to the people but aren't actually interested in doing good politics. In practice, they might let in even more migrants, like the Tories did post-Brexit. Be careful that your not being taken for a ride when voting.

Can't spell omniscience without science 😎

Imagine waking up one day and everyone looks slightly different but your the only one who knows. Bit how that pic feels.

You where actually there? That's wild. We're already at the counter-protest "stop being racist" phase whenever a (perceived to be) migrant commits a violent crime.

I can testify that many Muslim bros that grew up in a western country have a very loose relationship with their faith in practice. They drink, have casual sex, get into fights, like everyone else. About the only thing that they hardline on is eating pork. They've been brainwashed to act like they are allergic. Where's the fun in being religious when you have so much freedom? Between faith and freedom, religion gets ground down like a beach stone to just the most obvious singnifiers of cultural heritage until you get a situation where they are for all intents and purposes secular but celebrate insert holiday.

Center-right policies on migration is the most politically stable and likely outcome for western countries in general. No amount of soy slop will change that.