THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.
what makes a thing bad ?
is it possible to determine?
thoughts please.
josephus
Answers on a postcard to....
by josephus 5 Replies latest jw friends
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wallaby jack
Bad? isn't that when you leave your dirty socks under the couch for three weeks? what about when you spill milk on the carpet but shrug and think 'i'll fix that in the morning'.
real bad? .. isn't that when you hurt someone? .. like throwing a petrol bomb through their catholic window.
morally bad? .. now thats a whole other mindfield.
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josephus
yep
morally bad is what im after.
if you cant say what it is, maybe the best you can say is you know it when you see it.
regards
josephus
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ISP
Hi Josephus....IMO most people of normal disposition know what is bad! What have you got in mind?
ISP
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josephus
well the thread i got pasted over the other day got me thinking.
in the good old usa if you sleep with someone under 21 i think its illegal.
in holland i think its 14.
in the middle east it can be 12.
now to me 21 is to old, while 14 seems very dodgy indeed.
while 12 is to me totally wrong.
its been going on for thousands of years so how can you say its morally wrong ?
regards
josephus
how does that stand in regards right and wrong ?
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D wiltshire
Right and wrong is hard to absolutely define.
Circumstance and motive play a large part in defining.
We all have a inner conscience that lets us know what is right or wrong much of the time, but not all the time.If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?