RE: actions or intentions?
September 16, 2013 at 11:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2013 at 11:06 pm by AtheistCreed.)
From the Islamic viewpoint, the action is worthless without the appropriate intention, as far as God's judgement is concerned.
Example, if you give $10,000 to a girl disguised as charity but you know/expect that you'll get a blowjob, then you're probably getting a stormy cloud from god.
As far as I am concerned as an atheist, I still believe intentions are important, but that doesn't mean much if you're giving me $10,000 I will happily accept it and NOT give you a blowjob... so I don't care what your intention was in that case.
But in the court of law, if someone deliberately murdered another person and it was premeditated, then this is within the realm of intention and can change the outcome of the verdict.
If your intention was defending your own home and you did not expect to shoot someone that evening, then clearly the verdict will be different from above, if proven to the judge adequately.
So my conclusion is that intentions are just as important as the actions, they go together like an Oreo cookie.
Example, if you give $10,000 to a girl disguised as charity but you know/expect that you'll get a blowjob, then you're probably getting a stormy cloud from god.
As far as I am concerned as an atheist, I still believe intentions are important, but that doesn't mean much if you're giving me $10,000 I will happily accept it and NOT give you a blowjob... so I don't care what your intention was in that case.
But in the court of law, if someone deliberately murdered another person and it was premeditated, then this is within the realm of intention and can change the outcome of the verdict.
If your intention was defending your own home and you did not expect to shoot someone that evening, then clearly the verdict will be different from above, if proven to the judge adequately.
So my conclusion is that intentions are just as important as the actions, they go together like an Oreo cookie.
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Marcus Aurelius
