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I agree. The way I look at it is to break down an action into moral components. The easiest one is harm. It is irrelevant now whether harm is a good or bad thing, if I cause harm, harm will happen to me and vice versa.Because the words "good" and "bad" are entirely subjective, the threefold law makes little sense unless you manipulate it (as most religions do) to a point where it no longer resembles the original message.
KirbyFan101 said:Because the words "good" and "bad" are entirely subjective, the threefold law makes little sense unless you manipulate it (as most religions do) to a point where it no longer resembles the original message.
If I kill a man who is about to kill another man, is this a "good" or "bad" thing. And how does the all powerful cosmic universe come to such a conclusion?
I remember reading an explanation of the idea of relative morality; and the example hinged exactly around the scenario you have outlined.If I kill a man who is about to kill another man, is this a "good" or "bad" thing.
I hope this Bhuddist monk had some training from his Shaolin buddies or he might have had some trouble! Aren't monks peaceable?michel said:I remember reading an explanation of the idea of relative morality; and the example hinged exactly around the scenario you have outlined.
The example was that of a Buddhist monk who was travelling in a boat with 8 other people (the figures are immaterial, and I can't remember them, but the principle works just the same). One night, the monk overheard two of his fellow passengers who were talking about how they were going to kill all the passengers later that night, to rob them (obviously that would have included the Monk himself).
The monk decided the only thing he could do was to kill the two thieves, to save 6 lives (excluding his own); the principle being that the death of two thieves was the lesser evil than the killing of seven others, who showed themselves to be ordinary, moral people.
i agree with the idea of karmajgallandt said:To the Wiccans in this forum, what are you views on the 3 fold law. Do you believe in it? I'm in a learning process, so your pros and cons are welcome.
jgallandt said:To the Wiccans in this forum, what are you views on the 3 fold law. Do you believe in it? I'm in a learning process, so your pros and cons are welcome.