this is a quote from hamlet
to truely understand what i am saying you must be able to remove your self from all bias and see every point of view
2007-09-03 08:15:12 · 14 answers · asked by specal k 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course it is. True, that is.
An action is firstly just that. An occurence is just that. After that, once you start evaluating, you choose good or bad (or in-between) but the thing itself, whatever it is, is nothing but what it is. Logical, isn't it?
Hmmm, forgive me -> English is not my mother tongue.
edit: you know, I'd never call rape something good. But if we don't think about it, it just is rape ... sex against the will of somebody. We think that doing something against the express wishes of participants is bad (and rightly so). But the action itself is a rape. We feel horrified and disgusted by it, and that makes it bad in our eyes. The action is bad? Not really. The emotions involved? Certainly. We connect the latter (rightly so) with the former and attribute a good or bad sign to an action. That's what makes us human, and animals animals.
2007-09-03 08:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Maria - Godmother II of the AM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The Bible says: Jer 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? This is why David wrote: Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. When we are born again, Christ gives us a new heart. He renews our way of thinking, and guides us in making right choices.
2016-05-20 04:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in 'liberal philosophies are for people that have nothing to lose and less they would give away.'
Nothing good or bad also suggests that we should bend over backwards to try and justify any act or thought. No deal there I'm sorry.
Its also convenient get-out for those that dont have the backbone to stand up to those that are clearly in the wrong.
2007-09-03 08:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by philip_jones2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tis true.
Unlike what the top contributor said above me, there ARE no absolute evils or absolute goods, it is all relative. What about those headhunters? Hitler thought what he was doing was good, as does Kim Jong-Il and serial killers.
2007-09-03 08:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you keep THINKING what you are thinking, you will keep DOING what you are
doing, and you will keep GETTING what you are getting.
i.e. what you are experiencing NOW and will in the FUTURE is the result of your" previous thoughts. Your future is predetermined by your thoughts in this moment. So, if you want to change your future, you must change what you are thinking about in this moment.
2007-09-03 08:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Azuria 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could argue that point... then again you can also argue that none of us exist at all,we are just someone elses imagination... so just because something could be true doesnt make it true.
2007-09-03 08:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by scorch_22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My best friend told me about these kids her dad caught beating cats to death. I'd say that's pretty darn bad.
2007-09-03 08:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by Reileah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, In this way of thinking you deny absolutes. There is absolute good and absolute evil. No amount of "thinking" that evil is good, will make it so!
2007-09-03 08:24:07 · answer #8 · answered by Lady M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just becuz a person thinks that killing millions of jews isn't bad, doesnt make it true
or if a person doesnt think that molesting their children is wrong, does that make it ok?
2007-09-03 08:27:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the world is not black and white; it's shades of gray.
2007-09-03 08:21:50 · answer #10 · answered by Satan's Own™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋