how could this answer win?

Question

i just voted on a question about salvation and right now the winning answer is i was saved the day i realized i wasn't a christian. have we really turned into people who do or believe anything as long as it makes us feel good about ourselves. i've done some bad stuff but i never tried to convince myself or others it was alright. if there is no constant right or wrong what are we doing? if there is no right or wrong no good or evil then where did all the rules come from. it's always easier to be bad than good take my word for it i just lost my family for it.

Answer 1

DON'T BE UPSET!THE AS KER CHOOSE IT,WELL,IT PROBABLY FIT WITH WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR AS AN ANSWER,,AND
EVEN DO YOU ANSWER IN WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD ANSWER ,WELL THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT WAS A WRONG ANSWER,JUST BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CHOOSE AS THE BEST,

Answer 2

I think such answers reflect people's exasperation with people who push their religions on other people. We do live in a time when religion is a hot-button topic. Are we a hedonistic society devoted solely to pleasure? No; I think we are too responsible for that, but we are a skeptical society unwilling to take people's words at face value, especially the words of religious leaders who claim to have the right answers, all of which are different. There is right and wrong, and there is good and evil, but those are broad topics defined by individual consciences. You say it's always easier to be bad than good; I disagree. Some people take extraordinary pleasure in being good and doing the right thing. Unfortunately that means anything from sacrificing yourself to blow up infidels in the marketplace or helping little old ladies cross the street. There is no easy answer to what is right and wrong and what is the correct moral code, and as long as there are at least two people in the world, I doubt there ever will be.

Answer 3

A lot of the time you see that. But a lot of the time people will vote "best answer" even if it disagrees with them. To give the christians credit, this week two of them who disagreed very much with what I believe, gave me best answer anyway.

And there is right and wrong as it applies to people we love. I'm an atheist, but I believe in moral behavior. I just don't think it comes from a skygod.

Answer 4

There is no constant right or wrong. What is right or wrong depends on when and in what context an incident occurs. For example, it woukd be wrong for me to kill someone but it is ok for a soldier during a war.

A person my feel saved when they are released from shackles, physical of psychological and by removing the fetters of religion it is quite conceivable that someone felt saved. Conversely, christians may enjoy the restrictions placed on them by religion because they need structure and control in their life and formalised religion can do this by creating rules. The two are no different, the person saved by freeing himself or the person submitting to rules.

Answer 5

I am sorry about your family. That's tough!

I could comisserate about badly chosen best answers, however, most of your message seems to be about ethics and how your violation of your own cost you dearly.

I am sorry, and I don't believe that ethics are purely personal and subjective. Simply because we are living in a society, which means there are people other than us, and we must find ways of being able to live successfully and allowing others to live successfully!