Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism

[fr0d0]

How do you know Jesus was perfect? I wonder what he was thinking when he whipped those people out of the temple, especially after giving the command of "turn the other cheek".

The force is weak with this one. Almost shamefully transparent

Jesus was angry. Nothing wrong with anger, if it didn't lead to hate, which /is a "sin".

Turn the other cheek/ use the old Roman mind game insult: they make themselves look bad.

[Bad Writer]

How do you know Jesus was perfect? I wonder what he was thinking when he whipped those people out of the temple, especially after giving the command of "turn the other cheek".

The force is weak with this one. Almost shamefully transparent

Jesus was angry. Nothing wrong with anger, if it didn't lead to hate, which /is a "sin".

Turn the other cheek/ use the old Roman mind game insult: they make themselves look bad.

Imagine if Jesus had a gun!

[Esquilax]

Imagine if Jesus had a gun!

I got your back.

[Bad Writer]

Those poor saps at the Temple would've been fucked.

[Silver]

Well, the Jesus with a gun scenario is more appropriate with this:

http://youtu.be/NKgqUL-sY4o

[fr0d0]

Imagine if Jesus had a gun!

oh you!

[Undeceived]

How do you personally decide what is good and what is evil?

Common Sense.

Fill in the blanks:
An act is right if and only if __.
An act is wrong if and only if __.

What is your rational? In other words, what are your criteria for determining right and wrong? Is good "that which produces the most happiness," for example? Or "that which the plurality of people in the culture agree on"? Or "that which maximizes my own self-interest"? These are all popular theories--utilitarianism, cultural relativism, ethical egoism. Or would you rather start by choosing between teleological and deontological ethics?
teleological: identify the "good", such as happiness, and promote it
deontological: what is right takes priority over its consequences, containing rules such as "all killing is wrong" or "stealing is never permissible"

This is open to anyone. Thoughts? Which moral theory do you stand by?
http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/gender/M...ories.html

[pocaracas]

This is open to anyone. Thoughts? Which moral theory do you stand by?
http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/gender/M...ories.html

The "Me, Us, them" rule.
First, there's me. I do what brings greatest good to me.
Then, there's us. The family, the close friends. In case of problems, they have priority over everyone else.
Then, there's them, everyone else, getting the lowest priority.


Of course, even this rule has it's shades of grey... if I can sacrifice only myself to improve a some of "us", then I'd probably do that. But I would find it hard to do a one for one trade, unless it's my immediate family (wife and kids)...
However, knowing myself as I do.... I'd probably just freeze and be unable to decide what to do until it's too late...

[Cyberman]

I can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but I find I rarely need to stop and asses ethical situations against some system of morality that I may or may not stand by as a matter of principle. I just seem to do it, or not (whatever is warranted), in the same way I blink my eyes or breathe in and out. It couldn't be - <gasp> - instinctive, do you suppose?

[pineapplebunnybounce]

@Undeceived, you still haven't filled in the blanks yourself.

You should do that if you want to see how we differ from you.