2007-08-05 22:16:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
All of our attempts to be good through good behavior is just the seeking of praise.
Being good means that our character (or being) is good, not just what we do. We must not only do the right thing, we must do the right thing for the right reason. Our love for self praise and the praise of others is not a right reason. Our fear of punishment is not the right reason. Neither fear nor reward of any type can be the right reason.
The right reason is that we see our relationship to others as an "I - Thou" instead of an "I - it". We can only do that through the understanding that we are all brothers and sisters with one Father/God. That understanding erodes the barrier between me and my neighbor.
2007-08-05 23:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
why not? if you ever visit asia...you will surprise to see soooooo many people wanted to be good as god!! and they trying so hard for their entire life...some successful ,but most of them failed!!!
god no need food and water.....not all the human being can do that!!! in fact mostly not able to do so.....but still few able to break the rules....and still survive and live till now...what are they? they called themselves GOD, I call them SUPER HUMAN BEING!!!!!
2007-08-06 12:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by harijanti 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of us prefer to be ourselves as God intended. Good, bad or indifferent.
2007-08-12 11:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by midnite rainbow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course we can be good. Jesus said to be perfect as the Father. Being good is inherently difficult because we are given temptations to choose to be good and we succumb to the temptations because we are weak.
2007-08-11 07:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man is intrinsically born innocent = GOOD. It's society and the external influences of mankind that corrupts, and turn man into something . . . . NOT SO GOOD anymore!
2007-08-06 10:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can be, but it wouldn't replace God. We need god to guide us in the right direction.
2007-08-06 13:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Argent 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because man is inherently evil. And if someone says man is innocent until society corrupts him, then what corrupts society? Society is just a large group of human beings- which one will say were all born innocent, so what corrupted society? To say man is innocent until corrupted by society is circular reasoning. Man is evil.
2007-08-06 05:19:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
its human nature to commit the 10 sins.
it's natural.
but isnt god natural, he created us?
exactly.
2007-08-12 19:00:43 · answer #8 · answered by Answers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no two people are made just alike.... even back in the bible days people had evil in them so not being "GOOD" isnt something that just came about
2007-08-06 05:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by brun!pinky 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We can be good. That's the whole idea, free will.
2007-08-06 05:19:02 · answer #10 · answered by Fritz Milan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋