Game - Battleground God

Zero hits and zero bullets. I remember taking the test a few years ago with the same result.Also did the Do-It-Yourself God test, though it wasn't much of a test since I don't think that any of the attributes mentioned is an absolute requirement so without selecting any attributes I couldn't really contradict myself.

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Maybe I'm missing something.

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I think so, at least the way I read the question.

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The serial rapist Peter Sutcliffe had a firm, inner conviction that God wanted him to rape and murder prostitutes. He was, therefore, justified in believing that he was carrying out God's will in undertaking these actions.

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I have bolded the part I think is important. The question is asking if he is justified in believing, not if that belief justifies his actions.

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Right, I think I understand why my answer was wrong. I'm making a mistake by putting too much weight on the first sentence and thinking that it says he believes that God wanted him to do these things (which it does right?).

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I does, but it emphasises that his basis for that belief is a 'firm, inner conviction'. Which ties the question into the earlier question about whether or not it is justifiable to base once's beliefs on a 'firm, inner conviction'.At least, this is how I understood it.ABE: To illistrate:If I believe that you are about to kill me then I am justified in killing you first, in self defence, based on that belief.If my belief that you are about to kill me stems for the fact that you shouted "I'm going to kill you" and then came at me with a meat cleaver, then that belief is justified. If however, it stems from the fact that you are wearing a pink shirt and said "Hello", then that belief isn't justified.I think that, and this is just my opinion, most people are justified in their actions based on their beliefs. The problem lies with the justification for those beliefs.In my example above, I would be stupid not to defend myself if I though you were about to kill me. That doesn't mean that my belief that you are about to kill me is justified though.Edited by compmage, : No reason given.Edited by compmage, : No reason given.