Agreed. If you want something to be an indulgence...to me indulging means allowing yourself something special now and again, but not all the time. It loses value and becomes boring or consuming after a time. For this reason I abstain from buying candy MOST of the time, but still will buy it sometimes, like if I'm having a very productive day as a reward, I may buy an almond chocolate bar.
In order to sin responsibly you have to do things in at least some moderation, "too much of a good thing" comes to mind as well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :)

Sure is. :)

Anything about Twinkies is somehow funny to me.

But I agree full with this journal. Indulge yourself, don't drown yourself.

Ever since Zombieland...Twinkies are like the funniest joke X3 But I would never shun anyone for liking them.

AHA, it'd be an awesome slogan. If only.

seconding this, rad slogan ideaaa!

I once heard that life is like cake, have too much of it, and you become sick of it.

So, I always wait until the right moment to take a little something from life. Weather it be a candy bar, or a rubix cube. Or simply hanging my head out of a fast moving car to catch the breeze, I never take the small things for granted.

thanks for posting one of the more important things!

HAIL SATAN!

I'd love to be a tad sarcastic for a moment... HAHA YOU STUPID CHRISTIANS, YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING, WHAT WITH YOUR HEAD SHOVED SO FAR UP GOD'S ASS!"

*ahem* please excuse that comment. I do have a few christian friends... I just felt like being an ass.

(and duuuude! toatally gonna try and start watching all the satanic furs on here because i really dont know anyone else who's satanic!)

I'm going to start NOW! lets hope i can get some sort of REAL connection. i mean... I've been alone in this religion long enough! so, I'm startin' with you, and going down the list.

dude, i rip on those bible thumpers the MOST YO! its like they think they FUCK the man upstairs or somethin'. oh what arrogant blind people they are.

OH MY FUCKIN' GAWSH! THAT MADE ME SMILE SO FUCKIN' HARD!!! (serious tone of voice) "So how was fucking god?" Said the religious friend to the other. "It was like fucking a stripper! You put money in a collection box and EVERYTHING!"

DUDE. YOU HAVE MADE MY NIGHT. (that lady was toatally creepy)

Though i come under the rule of Logic more than Satanism, i do agree with more than 87% of your tenants and such, and this post here is fully endorsed and supported by me and my opinions.

I used to be a christian.

Then i hit 17... and grew up.

My eyes opened to the saddening lies and deceit the Christians spread, not to mention all the other things they do as well.

A side note, i do indulge myself by eating a bit of ice cream, its a delightful treat after dealing with a day-full of lemmings, (also known as zombies{Also known as customers[Also known as humans]}) It is a wonderful way to relax, as well as a guiness... i used to eat ice cream all the time, then i saw how foolish what that course of action was.
Anyways, i am rambling, i like this journal.

Their system is indeed heavily flawed, and anyone who takes a few moments (Or months in my case, my excuse is i was so young.), a deep breath, and look at the whole scheme of things of any religion really, even the ones far more ancient than Christianity, or even that of the Jews. Originally, it helped people understand what was their place in the whole world, and get their asses back to work, stating the things they had now knowledge of, as 'gods domain', as death, the heavens, and anything they could not presently understand. Now that technology and society has advanced to the point where literally every single thing about every single religion is slowly being disproved, and analyzed, understood, and recorded, Religion is becoming terribly outdated, a barbaric, backwards, and *LESS* than useless system of control that no longer is needed, and no longer works. If people need a reason to be good, hanging a lie in front of their face for after they die is just cruel, and silly, just accept oblivion and ensure that your children have a better world to live in than you did with your life's work, Christianity and religions like it are trie evil, wasting resources, minds, and time on praying, meditating on cryptic texts, and worshiping, instead of doing things like developing cures for the *WORLDS* present problems, hunger, the lack of education, disease, cancer, and hate. Hmm, i should probably stop ranting by now, terribly sorry, it is late.

No need to hope my friend, science will reveal the lies of the religions, and provide VERIFIABLE proof, something that religion cannot, proof that anyone, anywhere can see for themselves. its the beauty of science, if there is a result found from one scientist, its easily verified by a simple action, doing it again, or getting the same results, you cannot do that with religion, quite the opposite, you get a wide variety of results. You don't see chlorine forming paper or ducks when combined with sodium, do you? no you get salt under normal circumstances. If you fire a beam of sunlight through a prism, you don't get cheesecake, you get a spectrum displayed, and its the same result every time. Its not god who gives birth, its the women who spend nine months of hardship to carry the growing child in their bodies, working hard through labor for however many hours, and then raising and nurturing it, not some invisible being, and it sure isn't his will, it was the will of whatever man was horny in her life, blazes, i could go on for days about this... i should write all these things down, (When i am not drunk) and collaborate with someone to publish it... if nothing else, it could open some peoples eyes... anyone interested? we could pool all our rants, all our anti-religion into one readable source for the lemmings, er i mean humans, masses, those shining examples of people... *coughcough* and maybe some of them will open their eyes if common sense and reason are shown to their face... i mean they take lies bending over and almost begging for it, as long as they think they are getting a reward... after they die. Just a thought.

Just be glad you cannot hear me through text, i have a tendancy to 'let go' and my accent comes out heavily when drunk... its most amusing to watch my bodies reactions to the alcohol, the loosening of the muscles, the loos of coordination, afflicted eyesight. I find it an enjoyable and fascinating experience on occasion.

And i don't think worship is exactly the correct term here, to be technical, we worship ourselves, science is our dogma, our code, the rules. ironically, those rules transcend from us, to the universe, not many other religions can declare that, i mean if one religion declared if you prayed over bread, it would multiply, and it acted normally, they would say said god is displeased. We would however be able to explain what the bread is made of, how it'll effect their body, how its not floating away because of gravity, and why it isn't multiplying.

As long as you mention me somewhere when you use it, I don't mind. Also glad I was able to hit it so accurately, was just expression my perspective of it.

I believe it does say inside the Bible "Indulgence, not compulsion."
That's why I'll deny sweets here and there and instead of eating a bowl of cereal if I have the munchies while watching Doctor Who at night I'll eat a bowl of salad with cheese and grapes instead. It's also because I'm dropping the pounds with working out and improving my diet, but still. Indulgence, not abstinence and not compulsion. Balance, people, balance.

...Oh, and as for twinkies, I bought my boyfriend 18 twinkies - a whole box of 10, and another 8 fuckin twinkies, because he lives in the UK and can't buy them himself.

Mind a serious question that I have to preface with the disclaimer that it isn't intended to induce guilt?

First let me say I'm not a Satanist myself. I find all philosophical/theological discussion interesting, though, especially where morality and "should/should not" are concerned. so while I don't subscribe to your specific beliefs, I'll do my best to keep my foot out of my mouth.
secondly, I might be a little lax in my punctuation. typing from a phone, sans keyboard.

anyway! you stated that you believe no one should feel guilty for indulging. While I agree with that sentiment if no one other than consenting participants are involved (in which case it's hardly a sin), where I begin to see a problem is when innocent others are harmed in the process. this is true of many common indulgences, but especially mass produced foods.
for example, coca-cola has actively stolen and polluted many water sources local people depend upon to live, lobbied against regulation of any kind often to the major detriment of comsumers, and refuse to accept a mere $.5-.10 loss per item sold to cut waste (cont. sorry...phone text limit)

... that winds up in the ocean by 70-80%. pepsi, kraft (and its new merger-buddy nestle), kellogg's, general mills, pretty much all fast food, and I could go on ... all are participating in much of the same. most treat employees horrendously, many using what amounts to slave labor in order to keep costs low.
should supporting these actions not spur some sort of guilt? not societally pressured, but simply a human reaction to something unquestionably harmful and, even if labelling something this in a discussion of morality is taboo, bad?

I submit the idea that guilt qua guilt is not evil. it can be useful, like many negative emotions, and warn us of a situation we may want to avoid. fear helps us avoid danger, and sadness after a death helps us come to terms with the change in our lives and cope.
is guilt not the same? it is a warning system that something is wrong. it is up to us to then determine whether or not the guilt is appropriate and react reasonably.

Every man for themselves unless they are an average citizen and have no say in what their government and the billionare CEOs do with their natural resources. That tenant only rings fair if everyone's on even footing to begin with.
Indirect harm is a silly concept. If you pay for the end result, you are giving money and your tacit permission, you are paying them to hurt others. You are thus not responsible, but you are contributing to and furthering the problem. You are culpable.

You are in essence saying you're okay with slavery as long as you don't have to see it because you like the results. I honestly find that attitude abhorrent. not looking to fight, there, but I figured honesty to be the best policy.
Anyway thanks for the reply.