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Are you a good person?

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  • But that's mainly because I'm not a Christian anymore and don't believe in a god.

    Damned faith-based test!

    So, uhh, yea....

    Did anyone score a perfect?
    • I am sure that there are some kids about 1 yeare old that haven't messed up any of those 10. I mean unless pooping your pants was an act of defiance against your parents...

      robi
    • Never was a Christian and don't believe in the great sky-being.

      So if the Bible is right I should be expecting eternal damnation.

      Oh well, the night is young and I've got commandments to break.
  • That I'm going to hell along with the majority of the world. What if I am a good person, who doesn't beleive in some imaginary place in the sky called heaven?
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    • Well, it appears that I should be charging Satan rent...
    • This thing pissed me off. I see their point, but they made it in a terrible way. NOBODY is a "good person" according to their definition. The thing that really gets me is that the little explanations weren't accurate. Number 5 said, "Have you always honored your parents in a way that's pleasing in the sight of God? Ask Him to remind you of the sins of your youth. You may have forgotten them, but God hasn't."
      Psalms 103:12 says, "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressi
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        • well, if God's going to send me to hell for being a basically good person, then I'm sure I'll be among friends

          Oh! I absolutely love that one! Too bad I don't change my signature, it would make a great one!

        • The way I understand it is that if you beleive, and ask Christ to forgive your sins, he does, and you're cool.
          That's what I believe.

          the Bard had been dead 500 years and that's a long time to spend in hell.
          See, that's the problem I have with a lot of Christians, they want to sell you an "eternal life insurance policy." They want to scare you into believing. That's not the way to do it. Most people are going to get pissed at you and completely discount everything you said, because you come off as an a

      • Well, it all defines how we define "good person". After all, it isn't unreasonable to use "good" as an equivalent for "perfect". I use it differently depending on the context. If the context is about a particular moral issue or a general moral issue, then I'll use "good", "evil", "us", "them", etc. I'm not doing this to judge people or use strong buzz words. I'm using it to make an interface of sorts. For example, "If you claim to be good, then in such-n-such a context, you should be doing such-n-such.". Th

  • Very Christian-centric (Score:1, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    It also ignores both the traditional understanding of the commandments, much less the linguistic structure of the commandments themselves. For instance, 'killing' is not necessarily bad, it's a certain type of killing that's prohibited.
    Also, using quotes from Jesus to support Old Testament theology is bad form.
    Sorry, I have had WAY too many classes in both the Bible and historical Christianity to fall for such tartuffery.

    No offense.
  • Interesting thought.

    There are Christians who are not "good people" and "good people" who are not Christians. I believe that being a "good person" is not a requirement for being true to Jesus Christ, or going to heaven. St. Augustine certainly wasn't always a "good person", for instance. Or when Jesus threw the money changers out of the Temple (Matthew 21:12), I'm sure people didn't consider Him to be a "good person".

    So, while I think a consideration of the 10 Commandments is certainly good for self ref

  • I don't have to take a test to know that :-)

    Luckily being a "good" person isn't a requirement for heaven.

    • Luckily being a "good" person isn't a requirement for heaven.

      Hear, hear!
    • Heck it isn't even a requirement for many parents. Do you ever wonder why so many people think their baby is "the cutest thing in the world" but other peoples kids are "ok I guess, but nothing like mine!"

      robi

      • Do you ever wonder why so many people think their baby is "the cutest thing in the world" but other peoples kids are "ok I guess, but nothing like mine!"

        It's funny you mention that because in my case, it is really true. No, seriously. ;-)

  • Yes, even the murder one, given the definition of murder that they gave!

    Am I evil?
    Yes I am.
    Am I evil?
    I am man!

  • Just kidding.

    There were a couple of commandments that I didn't break. I never broke the Sabbath, & I never committed idolatry. ;^P Brownie points go out to those who understand what I was hinting @. :^)

    For those who were too honest to click on "Innocent" every time, trust me, there's nothing special @ the end.
  • Life of sin, then BAMMO deathbed confessional! I've got Heaven in the bag, dude.

    (Actually, I think this is a Bart Simpson line but I'm not sure which ep)
  • ...why I give devout Christians a wide berth.

    Wonder if there's a version of that test out there that will tell you how good a Muslim you are?
  • Yeah, so isn't it kind of contradictory that they throw all of this stuff about being all good in God's eyes (I was 0/10, BTW) -- it then tells you God could never be a false judge (although there are many incidents in the Bible where "God's Wrath" rains down on many people -- emotions should never overwhelm a judge). And yet, I can give my life to "Him" and get forgiveness as long as I don't break these commandments? It seems like a lot of hooey. Like I hit a police officer, perform grand theft auto, murde

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