The title says it all.
Well....is it?
Well....is it?
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Is It Possible To Be Religious And Be a Good Person?
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Is it possible for God to create a burrito so hot that he cannot eat it?
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Now you're just trying to give me a headache....
Deep religious conundrums can do that if one
hasn't properly warmed up one's philosophy lobe..
Oh, of course! I think. Am I not a good person? Are most of us here not good people? Does religious means believing? I am. Or does religious mean strict adherence to dogma? I am not.
I think that if religious means the second one then no, it is not possible to be an overall good person because it is the dogma that you see and never the plain person alone.
Is good dogma possible? I do not think so because dogma is one and people are all different. Which reminds of the ridiculousness of the Jehovah's Witness' dogma. It does not matter to them if you are a child, a new person, or a mature adult who has been a JW for most of his life. They all have to be in line together with the same JW dogma.
The religious can be good people provided they are isolated in homogenous communities and not subjected to outside temptations, ie: "delivered from temptation."
Without the internalized morality of the non-believers, those supported by the unstable crutches of deontological religious doctrine are likely to topple when confronted with novel situations.
Without the internalized morality of the non-believers, those supported by the unstable crutches of deontological religious doctrine are likely to topple when confronted with novel situations.
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Erebus
Well-Known Member
No.
There's a secret rule that every religious person knows about which is that you have to slap unattended babies. Oh sure people might claim something like, "There's no such rule. That's ridiculous." To which I say prove it! Can you definitively prove that there is no such rule that religious people all know about and simply pretend doesn't exist? You can't! Denial is just further proof of the conspiracy.
How many parents have heard their baby suddenly start crying in another room for no apparent reason? Well there is a reason. A religious person saw the baby by itself and broke into the house to give it a good slap before disappearing again like a ninja in the night.
There's a secret rule that every religious person knows about which is that you have to slap unattended babies. Oh sure people might claim something like, "There's no such rule. That's ridiculous." To which I say prove it! Can you definitively prove that there is no such rule that religious people all know about and simply pretend doesn't exist? You can't! Denial is just further proof of the conspiracy.
How many parents have heard their baby suddenly start crying in another room for no apparent reason? Well there is a reason. A religious person saw the baby by itself and broke into the house to give it a good slap before disappearing again like a ninja in the night.
Best hope he doesn't catch her -- the result would be catastropic for Fido.
MikeDwight
Well-Known Member
Hey stop asking questions, work... woooork….
According to my faith, you're wrong.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Is it possible to be a vegan and be a good person?
Yes, but it is less likely. People seem to have a budget for "being good". So, if you are already "being good" by being a vegan (or religious), you have a lesser budget for being good otherwise.
A trick question. It's impossible for anyone to be a good person.
How sure are you that you're a good person?
Did you ever get certified?
Aye, tis a zero sum game for each person.
If one is kind to small animals, then one will talk loudly during movies.
93.8% of atheists are good people.
(Plus or minus 50%.)
MikeDwight
Well-Known Member
Ya know.....if RF staff were fair & not anti-heathen,
this would be a featured thread.
this would be a featured thread.