Why do you need to know? Are you planning a robbery or mass killing?
Did you ever read Crime and Punishment? It debates the concepts of "good" and "evil" and their affect on the person who commits them... even when that person commits the "perfect" crime, and believes he has good reason to do so.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
OK, so that one was too hard. Here's another one. This one will be easy.
A man enters a liquor store (keep reading! there's more! ), pulls out a gun and points it at the clerk, who then removes all the money from the register and hands it to the man.
Did the man sin?
Not a trick question. No weird circumstances, like a starving baby at home, or he was coerced into this, nothing like that. The guy just wanted money, and didn't want to work for it.
Yes, he sinned. It's illegal to walk into a store and point a gun at the clerk.
I posed this question on CARM a while ago. After 68 views, no answers. (Other than a few wise cracks from atheists. Maybe you guys can help me out:
Evil or good? You decide.
The year is 2110. You are watching the security monitors at a day-care center. Everything's fine, until _____ walks in and begins to kill all the children! This being 2110, the monitoring equipment is able to read _____'s mind. Here is the official transcript of _____'s thoughts as he entered the building:
"I want to be famous. I want to show everyone that I am powerful. And since I am _____, I can kill all these children to accomplish my goals and it is good."
Now, please tell me, was killing all the children in that day-care an evil action, or a good action? The lie detection feature verifies that _____ honestly believed that it was good.
If you need more information about this case, just ask. I have access to all the transcripts and video evidence, including who the parents were and what the children would have done if they had not been killed that day (state-of-the-art What-If technology ), in case you need to know that sort of thing.
Oh, about those blanks: You can discuss whether you need to know the identity of the child-killer before you can answer the question.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I think we need to know the identity of the killer.
It's a mystery. Who fills in the blanks?
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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