Is Polygamy Wrong?

[Adam]

You really left yourself open with that phrasing.
"Is it....immoral to SHOOT"
Not even kill? So I would say it's not immoral.
More fairly, had you asked "immoral to KILL"
I would still say it's moral, if said toddler were heading towards other toddlers unable to move away, towards an ammunition dump that will cause mass casualties, etc. Such killing of the toddler would not be murder, not even manslaughter.

[Truthseeker]

No, but only because doing it would prevent a greater evil.

In the long run? But the long run could be very hard to analyze, if not impossible. Have you heard of the butterfly effect in chaos theory?

[Gary]

In the long run? But the long run could be very hard to analyze, if not impossible. Have you heard of the butterfly effect in chaos theory?

It may be true that killing/shooting the toddler with the booby trap is a lesser evil than allowing that toddler to blow up a building full of people, but it is still evil/immoral, at least in my morality.

By referring to the killing of this toddler as moral, you open Pandora's Box. Using the same thinking, why can't a pregnant woman who is suicidal about having to carry a fetus for nine months to term not claim that aborting her fetus would be a lesser evil than if she commits suicide, so therefore, aborting her fetus is actually a moral thing to do?

[Adam]

Are you intentionally parodying Pro-life arguments?

[lilpixieofterror]

If you were in the infantry, would you shoot a crying toddler who had been booby trapped?

As OBP pointed out, shooting a boobytrap laden kid isn't immoral. Unless of course, you think letting yourself and others get blow up instead is the better choice.

[lilpixieofterror]

It may be true that killing/shooting the toddler with the booby trap is a lesser evil than allowing that toddler to blow up a building full of people, but it is still evil/immoral, at least in my morality.

By referring to the killing of this toddler as moral, you open Pandora's Box. Using the same thinking, why can't a pregnant woman who is suicidal about having to carry a fetus for nine months to term not claim that aborting her fetus would be a lesser evil than if she commits suicide, so therefore, aborting her fetus is actually a moral thing to do?

Welcome to reality Gary. In which we are often faced with imperfect solutions.

[Gary]

Welcome to reality Gary. In which we are often faced with imperfect solutions.

So you agree that the woman having an abortion to prevent her from committing suicide would be moral?

[Bisto]

So you agree that the woman having an abortion to prevent her from committing suicide would be moral?

In your toddler example, the one who bore responsibility was whoever put the bomb on him/her.

In your abortion example, isn't it the mother who causes the situation? Or whoever put that pressure on her? Is this how we handle choices related to suicidal people?

[One Bad Pig]

So you agree that the woman having an abortion to prevent her from committing suicide would be moral?

No. The only moral option in your situation would be for the woman to choose not to commit suicide.

[Gary]

In your toddler example, the one who bore responsibility was whoever put the bomb on him/her.

In your abortion example, isn't it the mother who causes the situation? Or whoever put that pressure on her? Is this how we handle choices related to suicidal people?

You are the one who shot the child, not the terrorist.

Bottomline, it is always immoral to target a child for killing, regardless of the unusual exceptions you guys dream up.

Yahweh was immoral for targeting hundreds of thousands of babies and toddlers for killing in the OT.

Your belief system is immoral.

Open your eyes.

[lilpixieofterror]

So you agree that the woman having an abortion to prevent her from committing suicide would be moral?

You're not very bright, are you Gary?

[lilpixieofterror]

You are the one who shot the child, not the terrorist.

Bottomline, it is always immoral to target a child for killing, regardless of the unusual exceptions you guys dream up.

Yahweh was immoral for targeting hundreds of thousands of babies and toddlers for killing in the OT.

Your belief system is immoral.

Open your eyes.

I did open my eyes, you're a moron.

[Truthseeker]

It may be true that killing/shooting the toddler with the booby trap is a lesser evil than allowing that toddler to blow up a building full of people, but it is still evil/immoral, at least in my morality.

By referring to the killing of this toddler as moral, you open Pandora's Box. Using the same thinking, why can't a pregnant woman who is suicidal about having to carry a fetus for nine months to term not claim that aborting her fetus would be a lesser evil than if she commits suicide, so therefore, aborting her fetus is actually a moral thing to do?

How would anybody know!?

[JimL]

I did open my eyes, you're a moron.

So, by not answering Gary's assertion, what you're infering is that murdering innocent infants is not immoral so long as it is done by order of your god, that morality is not objective, but arbitrary according to the whim of your god. You sound like Donald Trump who said that we should kill the families of the terrorists.

[lilpixieofterror]

So, by not answering Gary's assertion, what you're infering is that murdering innocent infants is not immoral so long as it is done by order of your god, that morality is not objective, but arbitrary according to the whim of your god. You sound like Donald Trump who said that we should kill the families of the terrorists.

I see you're incapable of thinking, just like your friend Gary is. See Jimmy, he has exposed the reality that sometimes there might be a good reason to have to kill a child, such as one being loaded with explosives and set to kill lots of people. I'm not 'inferring' anything, beyond the fact you two are black/white fundy thinkers that seem to be stuck in your black/white thought process. I never said anything about killing families of terrorist just for the fun of it. If I did, go ahead and quote me where I said that or admit that I didn't and you're just making up things because you don't actually know what I believe or think. What I have actually said is that circumstances might mean you have to; not that you should specifically target them. You are aware of these differences, right?