Philosophical question of the month--March

[journey]

Well the moral is to treat others as you would like to be treated.

It's not just humans. Even monkeys groom each other and take care of one another physically and emotionally.

[SLCPUNK]

Indeed.

It is all about intent anyway isn't it?

If you are acting kind for your own selfish reasons then you are lying to yourself as well as God (if you believe in her.)

Are you saying I'm selfish?    

Why is everybody mean tonight?   

Going to sleep, before I say something else dumb   

I did not mean you per se.........

For example: If somebody is acting kind to another person for their own reasons* then they act is not sincere. If there is a God he/she/it will know that. But deep down, so does the person who is acting in that manner. They are lying to themselves.

* (If a person is only kind to another because they want something from that person, IE money, a chance at something else, whatever........)

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Well the moral is to treat others as you would like to be treated.

It's not just humans. Even monkeys groom each other and take care of one another physically and emotionally.

so you're saying you're a monkey ?

[Goldie]

So are you asking if humans should act more civil just because we have a tad more intellegence than most other beings? I have no religion, but I worship Earl! Karma rules!? What you do will come back and bite you in the ass. So if you want to kill, rape and pilage, just be prepared for the come back. May not happen in this life, but it should!!?

I'm waiting for the aliens to come take me away....

[Elrothiel]

Hey!! You watch My Name Is Earl too!! That program rocks!

[Danny Top Hat]

You only get to live once, as you get older you should be able to develop your own ideas of how you should live your life.  Make your own morals, decide for yourself what makes a person good or bad, but always aim to be as good a person as you can be.

You don't need religion for any of this.  Religion is the easy option.  There's no reason to think that they've got it wrong, there's every possibility that there is a creator and a heaven and a hell, but i'd rather live by my own rules instead of following a book all my life.

So, in answer to the question, I wouldn't act very differently at all.  I guess I might kill one person (just one) if they really pissed me off, but most of the time I would be just the same.

[Skeba]

I propably wouldn't change a thing.

The thing is (as some have already said in this thread), it's not about if there's a prize at the end waiting. It's not about heaven or hell for me. My main guideline in life has been to enjoy it as much as I can so that I, and the people around me would be happy, and so that my actions wouldn't hurt people. The last point is sometimes impossible to achieve, because a lot of times, no matter what your actions are, people will get hurt.

But as for the original suggestion about going on a rampage and killing people.. That would give me no pleasure what so ever. Sure I'm angry at some people from time to time (usually here.. in my real life people will not try to talk about the same topics with me 4 times in different threads.. ).  But violence would most propably solve nothing. When I do something good for someone. It usually makes me feel good too. I don't do it out of fear of God. I do it because I hope they'll be happy too.

[Mr. Dick Purple]

I won't change a thing anyway human beings are animals of costumes (costumbres is in spanish anyone know the word for the exact translation?  , cause I think costumes is for halloween)

[journey]

I won't change a thing anyway human beings are animals of costumes (costumbres is in spanish anyone know the word for the exact translation?? , cause I think costumes is for halloween)

It's customs. But some people are animals of costumes too, in relation to pretending to be something they're not.

[Jessica]

Say you knew for certain that God didn?t exist and that there was no afterlife, would you act any differently? In what ways would you change your life or treat others?

I wouldn't change, because of the life history i have, it made me as i am and i don't think my beliefs change anything if not help me hang on to something some call life.

[Elrothiel]

See... that is the reason why in my first post in this thread... I didn't say how I'd change as a person, I just said what I'd do! I'm nice because I'm nice, not because some omnipotent higher power written about in a 3000 year old story book has told me to be nice (except on here... gotta be nice otherwise I'll get banned! ).

I am who I am, and "God" and "Religion" don't hold precedence over my life in any way anyway! So I'm home and dry on that one!

[Chelle]

I did not mean you per se.........

For example: If somebody is acting kind to another person for their own reasons* then they act is not sincere. If there is a God he/she/it will know that. But deep down, so does the person who is acting in that manner. They are lying to themselves.

* (If a person is only kind to another because they want something from that person, IE money, a chance at something else, whatever........)

Ooh... True, true   

[Jessica]

I have acted kind to many people in my life and i have been a monster with some others ( and the word is weighed)

When i have been kind, the ones who know me questionned it, because they see me as cold and ruthless or when i'm not, passionate and volcanic.

And the ones who don't know me questionned too, with a usual " what does she want ?"

Well, fuck, i want nothing but people to be happy.

Why ?

Because i'm not.

Is it sad ?

Probably.

Is it bad ?

Not.

Fullstop.

[axl_rose_700]

would do nothing different, i'm nice cos i am not cos i think God might be pissed if i'm not

[Elrothiel]

God sucks anyway. Goddam prudes!

[journey]

God sucks anyway. Goddam prudes!

God is awesome! 

But that doesn't make me a prude. 

[Communist China]

Say you knew for certain that God didn?t exist and that there was no afterlife, would you act any differently? In what ways would you change your life or treat others?

I believe we all would act differently, and those who say they wouldn't are either lying or don't no themselves that well.

Example:How about all those family members and co-workers who you deeply hate? Would you be nice to them anymore? I doubt it, sometimes I feel people are nice to each other just to get a free ride to heavan.

[Kaybee]

I wouldn't change the way I am at all.

I'm nice because I choose to be. Sure people piss me off sometimes, and I get mad and annoyed at them, but unless they do something completely disrespectful for no reason, there's no reason not to be nice. Some people say that I'm too nice and I get taken advantage of, but I think it's just my nature. My mum is one of the nicest people in the world, and I've always tried to be like her.

[DoubleTalkingJive]

I don't think I would change at all...I would still act as I do now.     

[Goldie]

I find that I'm a better person than most "church-goers" anyway. They say Dont steal, Dont drink, Dont fornicate, Dont lie... Funny how they steal your money with an offering plate and get to be tax free, they go boozing right after service while fucking a prostitute and then lie to the other churchies that they don't do that...WHATEVER!!?

As Bill Hicks says, "We're a virus with shoes." Nothing more---

Be kind to the other viruses though.? [/color]