Tamske
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Both have become corrupted into sin (according to the Biblical definition of evil), by being taken well beyond their intended purposes and making them selfish ends in themselves. This generates much of the "difficulty" in "life".
What is the intended purpose of, say, sex? Reproduction? That's indeed the thing "intended" (*) by our little genes... and they made sex pleasant in order to make us strive for it.
(*) I used quotes because genes are not active, willful agents. The genes who, by chance, promoted sex proved to be the most succesful and got their reward in copies, thus making the lustful animals the most numerous.
But then anticonception is evil, because the intended purpose of sex has been thwarted already! Still, anticonception has been a boon for lots of women; and children who only get made when they are wanted and can be cared for!
What are these "purposes" of everything, other than consequences?
Moreover, what's so wrong about striving for more than you have already? Should a doctor not strive for curing more illnesses? Should a scientist not strive for knowing more about electricity or engines? If we stop experimenting on human cells, maybe we will postpone the cure of cancer and aids for some decades... or forever... Where do you put the border between a healthy ambition and greed?