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List the sinful lifestyles.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesGood topic. It actually makes me have to think - 😉.. Um.... I really don't think I can think of a truly 'sinful' lifestyle. I think some would say homosexuality as being 'sinful', but I tend to think that everything--prostitution, drug abuse, etc., as much as I might or might not disagree with that choice of career--is somehow justified in the end. Nobody ever does what they think is not 'the best thing to do' for them at that time which they do it, so I don't know if there is really a TRULY sinful lifestyle. I'm interested to see what everyone else thinks about this.
List the sinful lifestyles.
Originally posted by fatalinsomniaAnyone twisted enough to basically use people for their own gain - and killing them in the process doesn't help - is sick and might qualify as sinful in my book.
Good topic. It actually makes me have to think - 😉.. Um.... I really don't think I can think of a truly 'sinful' lifestyle. I think some would say homosexuality as being 'sinful', but I tend to think that everything--prostitution, drug abuse, etc., as much as I might or might not disagree with that choice of career--is somehow justified in the end. No ...[text shortened]... them in the process doesn't help - is sick and might qualify as sinful in my book.)
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneI get your point but I don't really follow politics.
[b]Anyone twisted enough to basically use people for their own gain - and killing them in the process doesn't help - is sick and might qualify as sinful in my book.
George W and the invasion of Iraq came to mind. Does this fit your criteria?[/b]
Originally posted by fatalinsomniaYou have a point here. No one does what they think is not the best thing to do. So the question then becomes, at what point do our views of what is good for us become skewed? For example, I think perhaps it becomes skewed when our sole goal in life is our own benefit. We often convince ourselves that the best thing for us to do is to try and pleasure or please ourselves at the expense of others, however, where is the fulfillement in that? At the end of the day, what you wind up with often is a lonely existence in which we beome morally bankrupt and spiriuatally empty.
Nobody ever does what they think is not 'the best thing to do' for them at that time which they do it, so I don't know if there is really a TRULY sinful lifestyle. I'm interested to see what everyone else thinks about this.
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneWoops, for a minute there I thought you were taliking about the Palastinian suicide bombers, but that is not a favorite target of yours is it?
[b]Anyone twisted enough to basically use people for their own gain - and killing them in the process doesn't help - is sick and might qualify as sinful in my book.
George W and the invasion of Iraq came to mind. Does this fit your criteria?[/b]
Originally posted by whodeyI tend to agree. I would then go further to ask what is it that people base their morality (or moral decisions) on? Perhaps this has been discussed here before, but I am curious to know what--in absence of religion--do others base their moral decisions on...
You have a point here. No one does what they think is not the best thing to do. So the question then becomes, at what point do our views of what is good for us become skewed? For example, I think perhaps it becomes skewed when our sole goal in life is our own benefit. We often convince ourselves that the best thing for us to do is to try and pleasure or p ...[text shortened]... d up with often is a lonely existence in which we beome morally bankrupt and spiriuatally empty.
Originally posted by fatalinsomniaIYO,how aware do you think someone like Jones was of his 'sinful' ways? What I'm trying to get at here is how much of a part does ignorance play? Did Hitler think he was doing the right thing with his limited wisdom and therefore negate some of the responsibility for his actions? I honestly dont know. What do you think?
Good topic. It actually makes me have to think - 😉.. Um.... I really don't think I can think of a truly 'sinful' lifestyle. I think some would say homosexuality as being 'sinful', but I tend to think that everything--prostitution, drug abuse, etc., as much as I might or might not disagree with that choice of career--is somehow justified in the end. No ...[text shortened]... them in the process doesn't help - is sick and might qualify as sinful in my book.)
Originally posted by fatalinsomniaI've talked about this at length here before. It is my opinion that our morality is formed by authority figures in our lives. This includes the state, the clergy, parents, teachers, and even peers etc.
I tend to agree. I would then go further to ask what is it that people base their morality (or moral decisions) on? Perhaps this has been discussed here before, but I am curious to know what--in absence of religion--do others base their moral decisions on...
Originally posted by karoly aczelI believe that Hitler bought into the notion of racial superiority. Once this had been achieved, he was free to violate them in any way imaginable. You know, it is like trying to remove a cancer from your body. Only through this type of rationalization could he justify to himself and the rest of the world what he was doing.
IYO,how aware do you think someone like Jones was of his 'sinful' ways? What I'm trying to get at here is how much of a part does ignorance play? Did Hitler think he was doing the right thing with his limited wisdom and therefore negate some of the responsibility for his actions? I honestly dont know. What do you think?