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<blockquote data-quote="Blinocac200sx" data-source="post: 2716320" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I agree with what Dale said, and it would be a part of my answer, but I will add, that I recognize there is a relative scale on which we all inevitably judge other humans. The problem though, with defining this scale, is it's completely subjective. Most people will have a tendency to not put much weight on things they do that are bad, when judging others. </p><p>For example, one person may be completely celibate and abstain from both sex, and sexual materials of any nature. This same person might be inclined to speed and run red lights. They will judge people who indulge in pornography and sexual immorality as bad, but will be less inclined to judge as bad the guy who regularly runs red lights, and ends up killing someone next week. </p><p>Although I believe as a general rule, we tend to accept that people who do not steal, cheat, or kill are mostly good people. But then that paints a broad brush that many people we don't consider generally good, would still fall under. </p><p>So, where do we draw the line? For instance, I tend to think that people who want to use government to control other's lives are bad people. Yet, I know many people who do believe this, and would have a hard time calling all of them bad people. Funny how that works, huh? I think it's because we have a real desire to blame an unamed bad guy, but we also have a desire to be loved and well liked. Sometimes those desires conflict.</p><p>So, ultimately, there are no "good people" but there are people who are relatively good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blinocac200sx, post: 2716320, member: 5"] I agree with what Dale said, and it would be a part of my answer, but I will add, that I recognize there is a relative scale on which we all inevitably judge other humans. The problem though, with defining this scale, is it's completely subjective. Most people will have a tendency to not put much weight on things they do that are bad, when judging others. For example, one person may be completely celibate and abstain from both sex, and sexual materials of any nature. This same person might be inclined to speed and run red lights. They will judge people who indulge in pornography and sexual immorality as bad, but will be less inclined to judge as bad the guy who regularly runs red lights, and ends up killing someone next week. Although I believe as a general rule, we tend to accept that people who do not steal, cheat, or kill are mostly good people. But then that paints a broad brush that many people we don't consider generally good, would still fall under. So, where do we draw the line? For instance, I tend to think that people who want to use government to control other's lives are bad people. Yet, I know many people who do believe this, and would have a hard time calling all of them bad people. Funny how that works, huh? I think it's because we have a real desire to blame an unamed bad guy, but we also have a desire to be loved and well liked. Sometimes those desires conflict. So, ultimately, there are no "good people" but there are people who are relatively good. [/QUOTE]
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