freethinker44
Well-Known Member
Are we really guilty for what we think about even if we would never, under any circumstances, follow through with our thoughts?
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Thought crimes
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enchanted_one1975
Resident Lycanthrope
Nope!
blaze armstrong
New Member
If thought crimes were actually crimes, everyone's going to burn. It's foolish if you ask me. How do you police it? By self-policing? Not much of a rule if the only way to enforce it is through self-policing. Don't believe any of it.
There is thought and there is obsession.
StevieHummingbird
Singing, Dancing, Living
NO! Absolutely not, my OCD causes me to have LOTS of bad thought, but I have that under control
Having had a thought, there is already "follow through."
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
Supposedly Jesus did not covet
MSizer
MSizer
Supposedly Jesus did not covet
Well, they make a lot of claims that I don't buy, and that's one of them. He asked his father whether there was any way to avoid the crucifixion, didn't he? Seems to me thinking about getting out of the allegedly most important event in history between god and humanity should qualify as thought crime.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
Thought crimes, yeah I got one says the one on the bottom!
Demonic Kitten
Active Member
Erebus
Well-Known Member
MSizer
MSizer
It also helps in keeping you from actually killing them.
But if a thought prevents you from killing someone, can it really be described as "bad"? It's like the old paradox about setting out to fail. If you suceed, which did you accomplish?
Demonic Kitten
Active Member
To me the terms "good" and "bad" are relative terms. What I deem as good may not be good in your eyes and vice versa. I think I see what you are saying though.