RE: Would Jesus promote punishing the innocent instead of the guilty?
July 30, 2020 at 2:48 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2020 at 2:49 am by Belacqua.)
(July 30, 2020 at 1:56 am)Eleven Wrote: Isn’t it better to think for one’s self than to be told what to think?
Let's look at this idea, that it's better to think for oneself rather than be told what to think.
Is this an idea you came up with entirely on your own? Or did you hear it and agree that it's a good idea.
When you agreed that it's a good idea, did you judge it according to certain standards and moral commitments?
If you had standards that caused you to agree with the statement, where did they come from? Did you invent them entirely for yourself, or had you taken them in from your time, place, and social circles?
Are the standards by which you judge such statements entirely different from other members of your time, place, and social circles? Or do they generally agree? (For example, do you think the majority of the posters here would agree with you?)
It's possible for a person to move away from the tribe he was born into, but not, I think, to invent new standards for himself. We hear new things, judge them against the old ones, and adapt. But no one starts from scratch, and everyone originates in a time, place, and social situation. We have to acknowledge that our own thinking comes from a particular tribe, and is not just How Things Are.
