Christian Hedonism

Front Matter
Connections List
 * Meaning of life
 * Good feeling words
 * Manifest pointers
 * Spirits
 * Pleasure
 * Views List
 * Thankfullness
 * God shaped hole

Scope
 * Pleasures which we get from God
 * How that drives us

Topics (all perspectives on the same object, I think)
 * Standard manifest (see connection)
 * Weighted theo objects
 * Enjoy being used by God

Mech

 * Not just pleasures for ourselves, but we also get pleasure from enjoying God with other people (so we're still trying to maximize our own pleasure but it flows over to others, like marriage?)
 * Avoid pitfall of manipulate God / seek pleasure only if we understand God cannot be manipulated.
 * 1 Tim 6:17, trust God to provide enjoyment. He can choose/surprise with sources

Theories
Theories that I don't necessarily believe in, which are semi-holistic explanations of our relationship with God with respect to pleasure.

Weighted/raw theo objects
 * I no longer think this is legit, or rather, it is better thought of from a naturalistic perspective. This may actually be true from an everything is spiritual standpoint, but essentially these objects are equivalent to standard manifest.
 * God creates and delivers emotional objects which impact us and we enjoy. A thousand pleasures at his right hand. These may be similar to "spirits" (see connection)

Enjoy being used by God
 * Again, another perspective. God tells us to do stuff but, not directly but naturally, those things cause pleasure. The primary is glorify/worship/commune with God.

Current:


 * Our programming just means we enjoy God.
 * Not sure if our programming can change. Maybe when saved, new self, so can be hedonistic to new self and deny old self?

Reference
1 Tim 6:17 god provides everything for our enjoyment

John Pipers book about Christian hedonism called "Desiring God"