To Regret Religion Is To Regret Western

So What Exactly Are The Rewards Of Resentment. It Is Always A Relief To Know That The Reason We Have Failed In Life Is Not Because We Lack The Talent, Energy, Or Determination To Succeed, But Because Of A Factor That Is Beyond Our Control And That Has Loaded The Dice Decisively Against Us.

Where A Reputation For Intolerance Is More Feared Than A Reputation For Vice Itself, All Manner Of Evil May Be Expected To Flourish.

There Is Something Deeply Attractive, At Least To Quite A Lot Of People, About Squalor, Misery, And Vice. They Are Regarded As More Authentic, And Certainly More Exciting, Than Cleanliness, Happiness, And Virtue.

Do I Grow Cleverer With Age, Or Does The World Grow More Stupid?

Considering The Importance Of Resentment In Our Lives, And The Damage It Does, It Receives Scant Attention From Psychiatrists And Psychologists. Resentment Is A Great Rationalizer: It Presents Us With Selected Versions Of Our Own Past, So That We Do Not Recognize Our Own Mistakes And Avoid The Necessity To Make Painful Choices.