ethics and beyond...

[SHATOUSHKA]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>BELEIVE ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID TO QUESTION YOUR OWN BELIEFS, AS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ENSURE THERE VERACITY!!!!!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
in a way, you are right. how cynical of you.



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[Beta-Decay]

And those who go from christian, to athiest and back to christian again cannot make up their mind.

Is there a god? Or have we been taught to believe, so we do? Or is there simply a need to believe in something and 'God' or whatever fulfills that need?

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[SHATOUSHKA]

yes.

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[TastinGood]

What made you change your beliefs enough to now believe that God does not exist?

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I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was
every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in
which to get funky.
- Homer J. Simpson

[Hannibal]

God is just a figment, a focusing figment I believe. Gives us some way to put answers on what we normally could not answer, or things that seem to have no answer. Or for that matter, things that are just incomprehensible to our pathetic brains
that's my theory...

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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious...

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I wil write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always, I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.
Word And Voice
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General Philosophy

[SHATOUSHKA]

it is a cynical notion, regardless of the implications.
what i mean to say is, if you were to question your beliefs (in that of god) and were to find that nothing leads to support this belief, would you discharge it?

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[SHATOUSHKA]

the fact that your previous post was cynical, no longer pertains to the subject of your post.
i will, however, comment on this newwer post.
it matters not to me what you believe in. i am not going to get involved in a(nother) god debate...at least not now.

everyone needs a hero for the moment.
why not let that hero be god...

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[Alex]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SHATOUSHKA:
thanks to a certain special someone, i ask this question (and more...) :

are there any sorts of actions a good person would never do?

i think this is a trick question. i also think that if this question were valid, it would certainly remain unanswerable.
what do you guys think?
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To give an analogy...or metaphor....

It would be like having a nuclear weapon, never planning on using it, but also never be willing to say you would never use it first.



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Alex

[SHATOUSHKA]

interesting....

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[Sapius]

"Good"? Well, it depends on who is talking... anyways....

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>are there any sorts of actions a "good" person would never do?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, all the ones a person wouldn't like it done unto him.

*Alas.... quite rare*

Of course, you already knew that Shatoush, didn't you?