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Gvac

05-18-2006, 04:36 PM

People seem to have their own individual ideas of right and wrong, and I'm just wondering what shapes your ethics.  Is it an established religion (Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, etc.) or something that's evolved over the years?

OGC

05-18-2006, 04:42 PM

<img height="416" src="http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/2271/golden3ox.gif" width="570" border="0" />This rule has pointed me in the right direction for (most ) of my life.

mikeyboy

05-18-2006, 04:46 PM

WWRBD?

Bulldogcakes

05-18-2006, 04:52 PM

Whatever works.

Gvac

05-18-2006, 04:53 PM

mikeyboy wrote: WWRBD? Who's RB?

mikeyboy

05-18-2006, 04:55 PM

Gvac wrote: mikeyboy wrote: WWRBD?  Who's RB? You're gonna kick yourself when you figure it out.

Gvac

05-18-2006, 04:59 PM

Holy shit.  I just got it.Sorry.

Plethora

05-18-2006, 04:59 PM

mikeyboy wrote: Gvac wrote: mikeyboy wrote: WWRBD? Who's RB? You're gonna kick yourself when you figure it out.  <img width="292" height="400" border="0" src="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/3526/benson-t.jpg" alt="Robbie Benson!!!" title="Robbie Benson!!!" />

Plethora

05-18-2006, 05:01 PM

richg0404 wrote: <img width="570" height="416" border="0" src="http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/2271/golden3ox.gif" />  Seconded.  Though I like to toss in just a touch of healthy cynicism for self-preservation's sake.

torker

05-18-2006, 05:02 PM

Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword, and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red, turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said. <img height="273" src="http://www.badmovies.org/movies/billyjack/billyjack8.jpg" width="400" border="0" /> Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away

Marc with a c

05-18-2006, 09:24 PM

What Is Your Moral Compass?for some reason my morals have completely left me.  i grew up catholic with a strong moral fiber.  and a couple years ago, nothing in particular, i just stopped caring.it may have been around september 11th, but i think i was losing them before that.it was either that or taint pizza

dereckfishboy

05-18-2006, 10:06 PM

Mine evolved I think. As early as I can remember, it'd go like this : I'd do something, I'd feel like shit afterwords whether I was taught it was wrong or not, I wouldn't do that thing again (except for cheating. that one took me a few tries)

Coach

05-18-2006, 11:35 PM

NORF!!!!!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" /><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/laugh.gif" border="0" />

landarch

05-19-2006, 02:11 AM

evedder wrote: What Is Your Moral Compass?for some reason my morals have completely left me.  i grew up catholic with a strong moral fiber.  and a couple years ago, nothing in particular, i just stopped caring.it may have been around september 11th, but i think i was losing them before that.it was either that or taint pizzaI grew up in a churchgoing family also.  It didn't really stick, but it's funny to me how some parts haven't left me yet.  For example, I see the Lord and Savior I grew up believing in as sharing space with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny......Yet I am still terrified of hellfire and eternal damnation.  I'm not saying that I don't believe in a higher power, but a bearded man sitting on the clouds watching our every move??? Come on.   that's me in the cornerthats me in the spotlight losing my religion.

Don Stugots

05-19-2006, 03:14 AM

at times i see GOD and the Devil as two grouchy old men sitting in the park playing chess. maybe i seen too many movies, but it isnt that i beleive that its just i think its funny. i do believe in God and heaven and hell and i believe in purgatory. where you can go to atone for your sins (or be judged for them on the spot) before going to heaven or hell. to me heaven looks like the movie WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. give it a watch, it will make you wonder.

i dont believe in any religion. religion and church to me is man made. their interpertaion of Gods word. I just do what i think is right. i try to give to charity, or to the homeless. i try not to be a bad person. i just try to treat people how i want to be treated. i keep my word, i am dependable, i am honorable, i am proud.

right now this is making me think about what i will teach my kids when/if i have them.

A.J.

05-19-2006, 03:52 AM

torker wrote: Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword, and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red, turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said. <img height="273" src="http://www.badmovies.org/movies/billyjack/billyjack8.jpg" width="400" border="0" /> Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides awayI try to follow his and Jean's example.  But sometimes I...just...want...to...go...BERZERK!

Sheeplovr

05-19-2006, 04:11 AM

East

reeshy

05-19-2006, 04:44 AM

Depends on who's watching!!!!!!!!

Gvac

05-20-2006, 05:05 PM

I went to Catholic elementary school and high school, but rejected organized religion in general somewhere around my sophomore or junior year.  I'm sure some of the lessons drilled into my head all those years have stuck with me, but I've always felt that deep down every human being just knows what is right and wrong.  I've always had a deep interest in spirituality and have studied many different philosophies, particularly the Eastern schools of thought, such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen.  I suppose you just wind up picking and choosing the things that reiterate what you already believe, but reading other schools of thought really helps you think on a different level.  I like to think I'm a moral person even though I wouldn't call myself religious or judgmental in any way.

Bulldogcakes

05-20-2006, 05:36 PM

Gvac wrote: I went to Catholic elementary school and high school, but rejected organized religion in general somewhere around my sophomore or junior year.  I'm sure some of the lessons drilled into my head all those years have stuck with me, but I've always felt that deep down every human being just knows what is right and wrong.   <a title="they do" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28" target="_self">They do</a>Sorry to get all NPR about this, but that link is a show called Radio Lab. Which recently did a show analyzing "What is morality" and where it comes from, in nature and in humans. Facinating show, and if anyone's interested, look over their other shows too. Every time I've listened to that show I got locked to my radio and was amazed at the things I learned.

FezPaul

05-20-2006, 05:45 PM

What Is Your Moral Compass?I've upgraded to Moral GPS.

Don Stugots

05-21-2006, 03:49 PM

Doenst that come standard in the new Escalade?

WhistlePig

05-22-2006, 09:33 AM

My parents didn't practice any religion at all, but I think my mom's Catholic
background had a lot to do with the morals I grew up with. I added in some values
of my own, like being a vegetarian, and I think I'm a pretty moral person --
especially compared to "kids these days."

Furtherman

05-22-2006, 09:50 AM

If it bleeds, I can kill it.