Comments on: The Lie of Stuff http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/ Matt Wiebe's blog about faith and life. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matt http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5631 Matt Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:52:13 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5631 to all: my pleasure, and thanks for sharing your thoughts back. to all: my pleasure, and thanks for sharing your thoughts back.

]]> By: joel mason http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5626 joel mason Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:31:07 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5626 i too love the research you've done to come up with this and many other posts, thanks. the part that struck me was in the first sentence, "You know what it is? We never missed movies, per se. We never missed stuff. But there was still some kind of pull, and here’s what it was: wanting to have what other people around us had." that's it, the core is not the stuff "per se", but it is that human drive to follow the crowd, to be included (no matter the subject or means of inclusion), it is a heart issue in both the systemic and personal ways. so strategies aimed at dismantling materialism are perhaps only sufficient if they incorporate the understanding that the 'stuff' is not the sickness, it is the medication. i too love the research you’ve done to come up with this and many other posts, thanks.

the part that struck me was in the first sentence, “You know what it is? We never missed movies, per se. We never missed stuff. But there was still some kind of pull, and here’s what it was: wanting to have what other people around us had.”

that’s it, the core is not the stuff “per se”, but it is that human drive to follow the crowd, to be included (no matter the subject or means of inclusion), it is a heart issue in both the systemic and personal ways. so strategies aimed at dismantling materialism are perhaps only sufficient if they incorporate the understanding that the ‘stuff’ is not the sickness, it is the medication.

]]> By: Jac http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5623 Jac Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:27:16 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5623 great post. i also really love the "entertaining isabella without tv" post. i can't imagine how dull my childhood would have been if i had spent it in front of the tv. tv-parenting is a recipe for suffocating a child's creativity and turning him/her into another passive consumer. great post.

i also really love the “entertaining isabella without tv” post.

i can’t imagine how dull my childhood would have been if i had spent it in front of the tv.

tv-parenting is a recipe for suffocating a child’s creativity and turning him/her into another passive consumer.

]]> By: becks http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5622 becks Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:48:48 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5622 I read no-impact man's stuff too and also think it's inspiring. I'm not a tv addict, but I didn't have my laptop for a few days and I've discovered that I'm a computer addict. Maybe I should go play with friends... Thanks for your insights Matt, they're awesome. I read no-impact man’s stuff too and also think it’s inspiring. I’m not a tv addict, but I didn’t have my laptop for a few days and I’ve discovered that I’m a computer addict.
Maybe I should go play with friends…
Thanks for your insights Matt, they’re awesome.

]]> By: Matt http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5615 Matt Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:13:54 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5615 Maria: glad you're finding it useful, now I can justify all of my time-wasting online. ;) Looking forward to seeing you! Maria: glad you’re finding it useful, now I can justify all of my time-wasting online. ;) Looking forward to seeing you!

]]> By: maria http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5613 maria Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:55:35 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/12/no-impact-man-no-impact-reentry-and-the-lie-of-stuff/#comment-5613 matt…you're great! thank you so much for writing and researching as much as you do. you truly are a resource for me. this website you are reading is fantasticly, exactly what i need to be reading. as we approach parenthood we are challenged and re-challenged over and again on how we will raise this little one. will we use diapers? how will we pay for the laundry? will we drive? will we bottle feed? just wait! it's gonna happen to you and the questions never stop. so many choices to answer as to how you want to bring a new person into the world. have you ever thought about it? cheers! see you this weekend! yay! matt…you’re great!
thank you so much for writing and researching as much as you do. you truly are a resource for me. this website you are reading is fantasticly, exactly what i need to be reading. as we approach parenthood we are challenged and re-challenged over and again on how we will raise this little one. will we use diapers? how will we pay for the laundry? will we drive? will we bottle feed? just wait! it’s gonna happen to you and the questions never stop. so many choices to answer as to how you want to bring a new person into the world. have you ever thought about it?

cheers! see you this weekend! yay!

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