Would you peel the skin off of a newborn baby?

i reject the bullshit choice
crap bourne out of rhetoric

fatalism is the condition
eyeball the grim reaper and follow him
with head held up high

 

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now
crunchy

anymore random formulations?

/spits

 

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No, read again:

I don't think you understood what I was saying.

Someone who regularly thinks of themselves as lowly, fallible, worthless and helpless if they don't have some external help, will likely not develop self-confidence and competence.

In everyday life, this might not always be such a problem; they can still get by.
But when the going gets tough, this lack of self-confidence and competence will show in that the person will be more likely to succomb to pressure and commit ethically reprehensible acts.

I think it is important than one be able to trust oneself to do the right thing no matter what, good times or bad times.
I argue that if a person believes in God, this can undermine this person's ability to have this sort of self-trust.

 

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Ah yes, I apologize. I misunderstood

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Hahahah.

There are likely millions of options not listed and I chose some of the low hanging fruit.

 

The answer might be revealed in the poll results.

The majority of religions come with one or more omnipotent life forms demanding some form of obedience. Most if not all of those life forms have been claimed to demand and receive child sacrafice.

 

I think I answered wrong.

I would most likely peel the skin off a newborn baby if my life or the life of my loved ones depended upon it. When I made the choice I was under the impression it was my baby in which case I wouldn't.

 

Thanks. The poll (thanks to its enablement by plazma) is anonymous so both theists and non-theists can answer truthfully and anonymously. You are correct that what people often do is different than what they think they would do; however, the latter is useful as a measurment of intent whereas the former would be a measurment of result.

 

Hmm interesting twist.. :scratchin:

 

Thanks for the clarification. It's actually a very hard set of questions to answer when you get right down to it.

 

Ty Plazma.

Of course. The purpose is to measure destructive human intent with respect to perceived authority and circumstance.

 

Take the poll LG. It's anonymous after all.

 

Haha Xev, I should have included the baby jerky option... I just knew it.

 

The poll doesn't offer the option
"I would peel the skin off a (my) newborn baby if my life depended on it".

There are terrible things I might do to save myself, but that I would not do to save others.

 

Thank you Enmos. It is interesting that you would defy an omnipotent life forms wishes.

 

Yep, true. There are quite a few options the poll doesn't cover.

 

It would seem a reasonable case to be made.

 

Thanks Visceral. That's another vote for defying an omnipotent life form.

 

Hahah

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An omnipotent life form cannot really be defied.
An evil omnipotent God could mess with your mind and make you do awful things.