I see this test on here all the time http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao1sZi7tETlh8zHqvEt7G3Dty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070923151104AABVh5i&show=7#profile-info-a503660facc32fea16de6a3f6f2a868eaa
And i was told by a freind that this test is used by christians to lower a persons self esteem and make them feel like a horrible person, then the christians will give you a way out of feeling bad by telling you that you Have to become a born again christian.
So is the Good person test a way to Brainwash people like my freind said?
2007-09-25 22:59:57 · 12 answers · asked by Bobby 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I looked at it and I don't think it leads to feelings of poor self esteem. I think most people would just say that they do better than most.
Theologically, it fails because it portrays God as demanding perfection when He knows we can't be perfect. It just comes across as grossly unfair.
2007-09-25 23:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, It's not brainwashing.
The problem is that the person posting those questions is not
really giving you all the necessary information that helps you to see why they are asking those questions.
If you have ever seen Home Improvement on Television with Tim Allen, then you will have seen "Tim" the main character stepping into his back yard and talking to his next door neighbor "Wilson" . Wilson will give Tim really good advice, then Tim goes back into the house and tries really hard to restate the advice, but manages to blunder all over the place. ------ This is an analogy to what the peson was doing when they threw those questions out there like that.
See, the point of those questions is to help you see the counter-point to the argument that you are good enough to go to heaven based on your own good works. If you think that you will go to heaven because you did a nice deed once for this person or that person and you obey the law and you don't kill or murder others, then based on the Bible, you have failed to accept the one important thing. That thing is believing that Jesus died on the cross to pay for all sins, and that accepting Jesus into his or her heart will be the only means by which any human can ever enter heaven.
The point of those questions ( that you refered to above) is to help you see that if you ever did any one of those things, then you need the Blood of Christ to pay for your crime against God.
2007-09-26 06:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by BIGDAWG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is 100% true. When I did attend church I would see things like this all the time.Worded differently every time of course and maybe dealing with some more specifics but along these lines. I went to a church that made you take a membership class in order to be a part of the congregation and they would ask extremely instrusive questions about your sexual history and so on and make you feel horrible for something you had done perhaps decades ago and they told you you would have to confess EVERY sin you ever committed then god would forgive you...talk about brainwashing
2007-09-26 06:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by pr0tegemoi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is more a way to anger people against Christianity, or a certain kind of Christianity, but for people in need and with uncertainty this could also be a sort of brainwashing. They already have a low self-esteem and a test like this does not help. Your friend is correct.
2007-09-26 06:07:00 · answer #4 · answered by remy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No body has the right to test a person whether he is good or bad. In fact no one can do it, including the best psycologists. Also, Good and bad are relative terms.
Some people in yahoo answers want all the Muslims in india to become terrorists. For them it is good. But for the rest of the people it is bad. Where will others live?
Some facts are hidden and only God knows.
2007-09-26 06:16:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen that particular "test", but I've seen and heard something similar. The point is not to make you feel like a horrible person. The point is to show someone who is busy proclaiming that they've never done anything wrong in their entire life (yes, people do claim that, and quite often) that in fact they don't even live up to their own standards. No one does.
If pointing out something that I think most people consider self-evident is brainwashing in your universe, then I guess it is.
2007-09-26 06:06:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No the "test" is my our means correct. In your "relm" it may seem harsh and whatever else. But just because you feel that way doesn't make it wrong. What you need to do is venture on both sides and look at from our point of view also. Stop kicking the same cat and try another one.
2007-09-26 06:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly...
... But I'd say it more likely is just a test of how brainwashed you are already. Anyone truly devoid of brainwashing wouldn't give a flying fvckery about the questions on that test.
2007-09-26 06:06:25 · answer #8 · answered by Lucid Interrogator 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not much of a brain to wash if anyone buys for a minute that stealing that bubblegum when they were six years old or telling their mom they were going to the library when they were hanging out with friends or thinking "that girl/guy looks hot"..no brain to wash if they think little BS like that means you deserve HELL!!!Just shows the disgusting,self hate,low self esteem of the losers that accept that crock of shyt
2007-09-26 06:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
People can say that but that doesnt make it true. We dont lower self-esteem. But the truth hurts doesnt it?
2007-09-26 06:15:05 · answer #10 · answered by ReliableLogic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋