Would you peel the skin off of a newborn baby?

Would you peel the skin off of a newborn baby?

  • Theist - I would peel the skin off a heathen newborn baby if I thought 'God' wanted me to.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Theist - I would peel the skin off a non-heathen newborn baby if I thought 'God' wanted me to.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Theist - I would peel the skin off of my very own newborn baby if I thought 'God' wanted me to.

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • Theist - I would NOT peel the skin off a baby if I thought 'God' wanted me to.

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • Atheist - I would peel the skin off a newborn baby if my or lives of my loved ones depended on it.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Atheist - I would peel the skin off of MY newborn baby if my or lives of my dearest depended on it.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Atheist - I would peel the skin off a newborn baby if a 'God' proved its existence and wanted me to.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Atheist - I would NOT peel the skin off of a baby.

    Votes: 19 86.4%
  • Total voters
    22
A case can be made that in demanding circumstances (such as war, famine, natural catastrophe, terrorist attack ...)
the person who is habituated to pursue thinking of themselves as sinful, fallible or even evil, and helpless without a higher power (a stance often held by some theists)
will be more likely to succomb to the pressure and commit an ethically reprehensible act
in comparison to the person who is habituated to pursue thinking of themselves as competent and to rely on themselves (a stance often held by some non-theists).
 
greenberg said:
A case can be made that in demanding circumstances (such as war, famine, natural catastrophe, terrorist attack ...)
the person who is habituated to pursue thinking of themselves as sinful, fallible or even evil, and helpless without a higher power (a stance often held by some theists)
will be more likely to succomb to the pressure and commit an ethically reprehensible act
in comparison to the person who is habituated to pursue thinking of themselves as competent and to rely on themselves (a stance often held by some non-theists).
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That may very well be true. But I still think the truth should count for something though..
 
Many theists do this because they think God wants them to, it's called circumcision.
 
No, unless unlike Orleander said, it was a dead one and I had to autopsy it.

And yeah if God ever appeared to me I'd tell him to fucking kiss my ass.
 
What kind of autopsy would that be, peeling off the skin of a baby... :bugeye:
 
I agree with you then, considering the OP, it's stupid.. not hypocritical.
But to only believe in God in difficult times as per post 21, is certainly hypocritical..
 
Enmos said:
What kind of autopsy would that be, peeling off the skin of a baby... :bugeye:
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they peel the skin off the head all the time. They may leave it connected, but they are still peeling it.

And circumcision isn't the same. You might as well compare ear piercing.
 
Orleander said:
they peel the skin off the head all the time. They may leave it connected, but they are still peeling it.

And circumcision isn't the same. You might as well compare ear piercing.
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But why do they peel the skin off of dead babies ? :(
 
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M*W: The poll is flawed. It should have included:

1) "peel the skin off a child;"
2) "peel the skin off of a pre-teen;"
3) "peel the skin off of a teenager;"
4) "peel the skin off of all my adult children."

My answer would have been yes to #3 and #4.
 
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