2007-10-21 08:13:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
wow - most people who answered already seem to have turned this into a religious/christian question, although that is not what i originally assumed.
it matters if a person existed for the sheer fact that s/he somehow impacted the world, or people in the world. if that person made laws that are still followed, he would not have been able to do it if he did not exist. so yes, it matters that he existed, especially because he still impacts our lives today.
if, indeed, this is christ that you are talking about and the ten commandments or whatever else that god laid down as law... he wasn't the first. so did his laws really matter? not necessarily because hammurabi had similar laws way before he did in 1795 B.C. there were 282 of them to be exact... but all along the lines of what was summed up into the 10 commandments and the "laws that jesus" made.
and maybe hammurabi's laws/punishments are not strictly followed today, BUT king menes in egypt had similar rights and expectations of his citizens. the greeks began making laws against murder in 620 B.C.
so quite honestly, i would say that all humans have a basic ethic encoded in them... or an a desire for basic rights such as life and property. if civilization and government were to take place, these things would automatically become protected by the government... whether one person created the laws... or another.
2007-10-21 08:58:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...if he didn't exist, the question would make no sense, since he couldn't have mandated any laws to be adhered to.
Why don't you just say "I hate Christians" and be done with it.
2007-10-21 15:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by shroomtune 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't the laws that matter the most. The laws say love your neighbor, be honest, love mercy, I think most of us would agree. I could have said the same thing.
What matters is that if God said it, it has the moral authority of God behind it. If it is just you or I saying it, it's nice but has no authority
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2007-10-21 15:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the Exodus matter to Jews?
Duh, of course it does. Moving on.
2007-10-21 19:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ten Commandments 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every man should matter. His existance is a moot issue. I can't prove it and neither can you but he was and is and that is all that truly matters.
2007-10-21 15:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by midnite rainbow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should not kill.
Steal.
Two thousand years ago this was a good idea.
How about now?
A great law is a great law.
2007-10-21 15:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Could that man be Moses? How about Jesus?
2007-10-25 15:22:00 · answer #7 · answered by Iconoclast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋