Should other people take responsibility for keeping MY weaknesses under control?
P.S. This is hypothetical. Perhaps you can even figure out what inspired this questions!
2007-03-10 12:09:06 · 11 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. If I'm dieting, EVERYBODY should eat salads. If I'm horny, EVERYBODY should wear unattractive clothing. If I have a booze problem, the wedding reception should be teetotal.
Complete and utter horsepucky. People decide to acquire their own vices, they can decide to chuck them the same way.
2007-03-11 12:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are responsible for your own weaknesses.
Just because McDonalds offers dollar deals doesn't mean it's their fault you eat it every day and become obese,
and just because a woman feels comfortable in a tank top and shorts (but only if she is fine and has a great bod, right?)
is SHE responsible for your 'sinful' thinking,
be it lust, envy, or even wrath.....ispiring some women to use subtle aggression like rumor spreading, gossip or cattiness, or inspiring some men to rape.
The fault is in the weak person, perhaps it's good to bring it out to see how weak that person really is in order to work on that personal defect that person has.
After all it's their own character fault.
2007-03-10 12:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was going to start with a joke, but I can't. I think of myself as a compassionate person who tries, as someone suggested recently, to 'walk in other's shoes'. But in this case I don't seem to be able to get them to fit.
It seems to me that you would have to have a rather warped mentality to think this way. And if that mentality is the result of religious teachings, then I despair.
Whatever beliefs people have, do we not share a believe in free will? And that I am afraid requires us to take responsibility for our own actions.
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2007-03-10 12:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not. Everyone has the same capacity for willpower and control. Sometimes a person fails at it, and it is his/her fault. No one else should share the blame. I know exactly what inspired your question. :)
2007-03-10 12:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if you're breaking the law. Course, there are some laws that should be broken, so let me rephrase. Only if you're being violent. Drugs, gambling, prostitution, you're on your own there - okay, so in reality you're not, but you should be. Truth is, you can't "save" everybody. And more to the point, you can't "save" anybody. And sometimes, you plain don't need "saving".
2007-03-10 12:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't try to make me figure out something
just ask the question you want answered
you do not have poor willpower or impulse control
you define yourself that way
as a form of control
2007-03-10 12:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope. The Imam in Australia was wrong...
As are all who agree with his statement regarding this..
2007-03-10 12:15:36 · answer #7 · answered by XX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends, are you God? Perhaps you can figure out whether or not my answer is composed of non sequitor backlash or intricate logic complexity.
Have a lovely evening.
2007-03-10 12:13:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, that is not right. Why should your friends or even strangers be responsible for things that you do or do not do?
2007-03-10 12:14:51 · answer #9 · answered by Je veux changer le monde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Not at all.
I know exactly why you asked this: because David T is an idiot.
2007-03-10 12:20:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋