Want to start an internet debate with your fellow Christians? Simple. Just tell someone that something they want to do is wrong. Tell them that some part of their appearance, entertainment, worship, or general lifestyle is wrong, and you're certain to get a visceral response as hordes of hedonists ignore plain mandates from Scripture in order to protect their personal pleasures. Let's be honest. We all have a tendency to defend the things we really want to do. We humans have this innate ability to rationalize behaviors that, if we were to view them objectively, would be obviously inconsistent with a profession of Christianity. The truth is that we are all hedonists from birth. Our depraved natures are regenerated at the time of our conversion, but remnants of the old man (or flesh, if you prefer) are left over. Hedonism is one of those subconscious attitudes we struggle with as we seek to become more Christli...