rant · moment 15 of 18
Bringing Back the Church to Judge Good and Bad
from Dinner Pig · #99
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4 minTim argues morality judgments should be left to God/the church rather than internet moralizers, mocking people who call out racists but never volunteer, and his own failed attempt to volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving.
- 54:58Nobody can be an expert in morality day-to-day—you can't do morality open mics for 20 years.
- 55:14When you suggest to these people they work at a soup kitchen, they look at you like you're insane.
- 55:27They just point out who's bad and say they shouldn't have a platform instead of actually doing charity work.
- 55:41Tim tried to work at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving but they said it was full and offered him a future date—he doesn't want Tuesday.
- 56:13People volunteer because they want to feel magnanimous, mostly just sorting trash bags in kitchens that smell like death with no interaction with the people they're helping.
- 56:38Some people are genuinely good and do missionary work—they're a different kind of person, almost divine, like his grandmother who was selfless because of the church.
- 57:21Nobody who gets on a stage every night is a great person, which is the issue with comedians judging morality.
- 57:49He learned from a documentary to move away from hyper-focusing on good and bad behavior.
- 58:00Making judgments about good and bad just gives people a way to elevate themselves above their peers—it doesn't rectify behavior or advance knowledge.
- 58:16All of this quest for knowledge is weaponized—people go in trying to prove others wrong rather than pursuing open-ended discovery of truth.