Say if you have the chance to make millions, all you have to do is get rid of one person(make them sleep with fish, you get the idea). There's no way anyone would find out you did it. There's not a chance of you getting caught. Would you do it, knowing you would get away scot free?
or
You could say this person, doing a good deed, but not getting the money.
If yes why and method of elimination?
If no why?
2006-09-23 04:57:37 · 13 answers · asked by Raziel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm an atheist, and I would never harm another person.
2006-09-23 05:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never. I see existence(life) as it is; A temporary state of being. Stealing the life of another human being is a horrible act. To me, each life is worth more than money.
It is sad that many people see this life as a temporary playground until we go to another existence.. Such views take away the truly magnificent meaning of life each and everyone of us has.
2006-09-23 12:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an atheist, I believe it is wrong to kill another person without more reason that just money. I understand that both Christian & Muslim scripture condone the killing of "non-believers" as a matter of course, but I cannot agree with this.
Bible:
"If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you ... Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die." -- Dt.13:6-10
Qu'uran:
9:5 "Slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush."
2006-09-23 12:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheist here. No, no, no, no no! Killing another person, or even an animal, (except for cockroaches, flies and mosquitoes) goes against my moral fiber. It is wrong.
2006-09-23 12:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Murder goes against my morals and principles. Money does not change that.
Atheistic Agnostic
2006-09-23 12:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by Medusa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't. Because it runs counter to my morals to kill a person unless in defence. I'm an atheist.
2006-09-23 12:00:15 · answer #6 · answered by XYZ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't even kill bugs.
Neither Christian nor athiest here.
ETA: As to why, I find any form of killing to be wrong. My personal ethical system that I operate on says no.
2006-09-23 12:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would not do it because it's wrong.
I don't require promises of "eternal bliss" to be moral.
I don't require threats of "eternal damnation" to stay moral.
2006-09-23 12:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but as a CHRISTian, I am storing up my treasures in heaven and not here on earth where moths and rust will devour them.
2006-09-23 11:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, that's completely unethical.
I'm an agnostic.
2006-09-23 12:02:19 · answer #10 · answered by rorgg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋