I'm sure you have all noticed this from various comment boards to Reddit and 4chan. "I'm a Christian but (communist bullshit)" or "I was a Republican but (more communist bullshit)". It never turns out well, the atheists will still say youre an idiot as will progressives. Why placate them? Why does nobody stand up for their beliefs? Are we that scared of cancel culture or are we just that scared of possibly offending someone? Who will be the first to say, "This is what I think. Dont like it? Tough titties, now get out of my way".
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You know that Nigerian prince doesn't actually mean well when he asks you to just cover the bank's transfer fees, right?
The ideas don't work by design. They're not meant to provide solutions, only justification for an attack. Unless you believe the majority of the populace is functionally retarded then you have to know most people supporting those ideas aren't doing it because they thought it through and really think that's the most likely long term solution to various moral dilemmas. They're doing it because it either directly benefits them or hurts someone they hate in the immediate future. Most would just prefer having a nice sounding excuse to fall back on rather than openly admitting they're doing it out of spite and selfishness.
Depends on what they want the dollar for/how it's going to be used, and what the long-term repercussions of giving that dollar might be.
I mean, if I said a blanket "it's virtuous to feed a hungry animal" the fucking caveats would start, so ...
Oh, that and just blindly giving money out just because it's a human that asked, just gets you labelled as a "sucker".
I disagree with basically everything you said there.
Going one further I think of all the people I've replied to today you and I are probably the most out of sync in terms of our perspective on what is virtue.
You're a scrooge.
Well, I could give that meth addict asking me for money some change, but he'd just go kill himself with it. Because I know damn well where the poor people go, and where the free food is. If he's "Native", I know he also gets band payments.
Maybe you're right, maybe I should just be non-judgy, and give money to whomever.
Yes.
And what I'm saying is that justification is rational when evaluated from a christian perspective.
If the question is: "was christ a marxist or a galtist", the answer is he was closer to marx than to galt.
Christianity condemns the violence, but it cannot disagree with the animus.
The animus is greed and spite. The justification is a weakly held facade.
Forgive me for thinking you're one of the more confused Christians I've ever met if you think the outward words are more important than the intent in the eyes of God.
Do you believe you have free will?
Hol' the fuck up. You're going to pull the "it's the rational justification from a Christian perspective" (which it isn't, there's nothing rational about justifying ideas that result in the opposite effect of what the justification was) then immediately turn around and start the 'there's no free will only God's will' shenanigans? Nevermind the whole ignoring the forbidden fruit thing, you're just contradicting yourself. There's no rationality if every thought is preordained.
Do you think God made everyone else think you're wrong for a laugh?
This kind of questioning seems cruel, as it's an inherently frustrating topic and most readers are going to be reluctant to answer without some evidence of intent.
In a way, it's strengthening to dive into a bleak committment like "free will is a lie". It destroys motivation, so it takes new strength to pull yourself out of that bog. This type of strength isn't a functional imperative for most people, so I wouldn't expect it of others. Though I'm uncertain if most people are intuiting that sort of struggle when they recoil from the question.
I'll try to answer for fun: no, but I've decided to behave in all ways as if I do because it's useful. Similarly, I believe a god might exist, but that any such god does not desire worship or acknowledgement, so it is a type of sin to do either.