Why be good?

[Huggy Bear]

Because a gossip is ranked above a murderer.

If you did it would be premeditated. I would say the majority of murders aren't premeditated....

What in gawd's name does this have to do with what I asked you?  Stop evading, and answer the question: do you think I'm being dishonest when I say I have no desire to murder anyone?  You said that another member was an honest atheist because she admitted she was murderous; I am following up on specifically that.

How am I evading? I don't know you, so how can I judge if you're being honest or not? I suppose if one were to ask Phil Hartman's wife (for example) if she had a desire to commit murder, she'd say no also...

Yes, Huggy, there are no people who've never committed at least slight moral infractions even gauged by their own subjective standards.  So?  What is this great difference?  

If you mean we are all doomed to hell fire for such infractions, I'd say your sense of proportion is absurdly, even immorally out of balance.  Civilized people recognize the difference between gossip and murder.

You do realize that there are deaths caused simply by gossip? In fact there is a TV series being made about this subject.

Premiering this fall, “Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams” investigates how “idle chitchat turns dark and dangerous as ID uncovers crimes fueled by rumors and sordid half-truths that lead to the ultimate betrayal … murder,”

If one was to start a rumor that resulted in someones death, aren't they just as culpable?

God judges the heart. There are seven things which are an abomination to God, and all seven are in the heart of a Gossip.

Proverbs 6
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 26
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.