Interesting thought. I’m not sure if what I had was the mainstream understanding of Christianity, but I didn’t experience that there was this kind of conflict in the same way. I’d think that the intrinsic value of being created and loved by God was not really something that could pale in comparison to anything. But I don’t know, and maybe it’s not very important.
I think there is a difference between justifying spending resources on our own wellbeing and being able to feel valuable independent of performance. Feeling valuable is of course related to feeling like we deserve to be spent resources on, but I don’t think it’s exactly the same.
Interesting thought. I’m not sure if what I had was the mainstream understanding of Christianity, but I didn’t experience that there was this kind of conflict in the same way. I’d think that the intrinsic value of being created and loved by God was not really something that could pale in comparison to anything. But I don’t know, and maybe it’s not very important.
I think there is a difference between justifying spending resources on our own wellbeing and being able to feel valuable independent of performance. Feeling valuable is of course related to feeling like we deserve to be spent resources on, but I don’t think it’s exactly the same.