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1. The impetus for self prostitution is one through which many people and organizations pass. It is an odd thing: Money.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:06 AM
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What is money actually worth to a being?

As an atheist, I suppose I'm not equipped to discuss what a soul may be, but it is hard in the face of the ease of rationalizations, to come down to ethics as their own reward, if in fact, there is something like a "soul" or a "spirit" buried in the mechanisms of our minds.

I purchase gasoline. This computer on which I now write, I know, is partially powered by the combustion of coal.

I can imagine a better world, and advocate for it, but is that nearly enough?

I have no call to holiness. I suppose it would be easy to chip away at my ethics simply by pointing out who I am and what I do.

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