Asceticism is one of the more dubious legacies of religious 'magic thinking': "If I give up nice stuff here on earth, I will get even better rewards in heaven/not have to reincarnate/whatever". This life can be pretty unpleasant anyway: why make it more so?
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Date: 2007-12-30 02:32 pm (UTC)