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The Morality Quiz
moremojo:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 27, 2007, 03:16:11 pm ---OK, but remember, in the example the people are hiding from the soldiers. They don't want to be killed. If they wanted to be an example, they didn't have to hide and would just wait like lambs for the slaughter.
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Jesus didn't necessarily want to be killed either, yet he submitted to it. One can take active measures to avoid being killed and yet submit to it after all past a certain point, which might include coming across an ethical dilemma that can't easily be resolved.
For the record, I am not a Christian, yet I think one can still admire and learn from Jesus's life and teachings.
Scott6373:
Didn't y'all see the final episode of M*A*S*H?
opinionista:
How about putting a hand on the baby's mouth? I think there's probably more than one way to keep the baby quiet without having to kill him/her.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: moremojo on November 27, 2007, 03:22:07 pm ---Jesus didn't necessarily want to be killed either, yet he submitted to it.
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Well, that was because he was supposedly the son of god and he had a destiny to fulfill. He also had the knowledge that he would be resurrected. These people don't have divine destinies or the knowledge of any resurrection.
--- Quote ---One can take active measures to avoid being killed and yet submit to it after all past a certain point, which might include coming across an ethical dilemma that can't easily be resolved. For the record, I am not a Christian, yet I think one can still admire and learn from Jesus's life and teachings.
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True, but again, what would be the point? Trying to escape a death squad with an infant is already asking for trouble.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: opinionista on November 27, 2007, 03:30:34 pm ---How about putting a hand on the baby's mouth? I think there's probably more than one way to keep the baby quiet without having to kill him/her.
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I dunno. I've never tried. ;D I imagine because the baby is going to be struggling, breathing through its nose and continuing to wail - you can still hear the sounds through someone's palm, try it on yourself - and escape the hand that's keeping it from exercising its lungs to full capacity. Cutting off the breathing by blocking the nose forces silence as the child is going to be struggling to inhale instead of exhale.
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