I know what stealing is and I know it's wrong. And I wouldn't be able to reinterpret Gods word on the matter to suit my own book - even when I steal.
He won't let me.
now to me it is you who seems to have absolutes .. they may be given to you by another but you hold fast to them ...
is it wrong to steal a gun from some one who you know is vert likely to use the said gun to harm others ...
is it wrong to steal food from a rich household to feed a person dieing of starvation
are there true absolutes of good and evil ...i dont know ... i hope not because that would be a limit we how good we could be .. i hope there is a infinate depth of good , then we can keep striving for more and better levels of goodness....
this is one of the issue of some other giving us the answer .. it sets a final mark ...in such a case what do you do once you have ticked all the boxes ..
my
indignation as to Gods potential treatment of what you consider a good person indicates
only a seeming lack of understanding on his part .. the lack of thinking outside the box .. of reasoning why such a Ten selfless people have not earnt a trip to hell ( what ever that is ).. if we as mere humans can see the reason why all should be treathed the same ... why does a supreme being not ?.. can we not require of such a being higher standards than we can achive ... even if only in intent .
rewording
If one has to follow the message and its rules then one passes the justification for any law, or action driven by that law , into the hands of the giver of the message
if you allow another to write the set of rules you choose to follow ,with out question , with out the choice to re evaluate those rules in differing condistion, with out the ability to debate those rules , then you hand over the responciblity for your action to another ...you say i must be lead .. i can not reason for myself ...mine is not to think , merely carry out given instructions... and then where is any value in what you do .. Mr Robot....
Determine good or bad against which measure? If it's your own measure, and your own measure can alter to suit your book then all you're saying is that; what you reason to be right is right and vice versa.
The good samaritan and the paedophile can operate in precisely the same way.
i may reason , but i do not live in isolation , i have to justifie my actions both to myself and the whole world ...
if is reason stealing is ok in all cases i will soon find the fault in my reasoning ....
just as the samaritans and the paedophiles actions will effect how the rest of humanity react to them ... its called feed back ...
One thing that Gods standard says to me is that I, unlike you, don't need to fumble around in the dark wondering what is right and wrong anymore.
and there you have your absolutes ...
and this is the dangers , doubt is the greatest gift we have , question everything , do not fall back on dogma , treat every situation as new , answers are a end to reason ...
do not accept it when some one say you dont understand the Mind of the message ...demand to see the working out .. and the again ask Why...
as to you presuming me to be a unbelive ... show me what it is and i will tell you if i belive in it ...