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SidDithers

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19. The context is that the poster dragged Jesus into the discussion...

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 10:24 AM

Dec 2011

as some moral compass for directing their actions in a situation like the one described in the OP.

Why not just help the man because it's the right thing to do? Why the fuck would you have to ask yourself "Hmmmm, that man is lying there bleeding on the street. Would Jesus go and help him, or would Jesus bugger off to the mall, 'cause he needs to get his bloody Christmas shopping done?"

Seems to me, that helping because it's the right thing to do, and not because it's what Jesus would have wanted to you to do, is the nobler course of action. It shows that you have a free-thinking mind and are not bound by a set of subjectively interpreted rules derived from thousand year-old myths.

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What would you do if you saw a man laying on the sidewalk? [View all] Evergreen Emerald Dec 2011 OP

Ouch. I bet that hurts. Question is . . . what will you do next time? Lionessa Dec 2011 #1

I would hope I would call for help. Having babylonsister Dec 2011 #2

Before this happened, I would have responded the same way Evergreen Emerald Dec 2011 #4

this happened to me once in Anchorage. I saw a man laying in the grass alongside the road roguevalley Dec 2011 #37

The great thing about Christianity is that one can ask one's own self, "What would Jesus do?", then phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #3

So you would have magically healed him, turned water into wine, then gave him loaves and fishes?..nt SidDithers Dec 2011 #9

Way to totally miss the point! lunatica Dec 2011 #13

I thought it was a perfectly valid response Bragi Dec 2011 #15

Every major religion's main tenet is some version of "do unto others as you would have done unto you Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #28

+ 1,000! left coaster Dec 2011 #31

That's quite untrue Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #38

Points noted for future ponderation /nt Bragi Dec 2011 #45

If you don't want people to laugh at your beliefs... SidDithers Dec 2011 #21

I suspect the person who posted this had something more like the "Good Samaritan" in mind deutsey Dec 2011 #16

And I submit Mitchell and Webb in response... SidDithers Dec 2011 #17

That's actually pretty funny deutsey Dec 2011 #20

I agree with you completely... SidDithers Dec 2011 #22

+1 You perfectly understood my intent. phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #36

That's pretty rude and insensitive, in this context. Quantess Dec 2011 #18

The context is that the poster dragged Jesus into the discussion... SidDithers Dec 2011 #19

I agree with THAT completely! Quantess Dec 2011 #25

Yeah, sometimes I can be ... abrasive... SidDithers Dec 2011 #26

The original poster did not know the man was bleeding Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #39

It's a TOOL Sid, no magic needed. You see, it's only too easy for me to sell myself on minding my phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #34

I actually found that to be one of the crappy things about it when I was a practicer. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2011 #44

Similar story... trusty elf Dec 2011 #5

I've encountered this....I check to see if they appear in imminent distress hlthe2b Dec 2011 #6

Are you male or female and how strong? treestar Dec 2011 #7

"Double check my route, because I seem to be walking in circles"... SidDithers Dec 2011 #8

When confronted with unusual situations in front of other people, the vast majority of us will do Brickbat Dec 2011 #10

Asking myself "What would Jesus do?" gives me the courage to actually DO something besides avert my phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #33

I found a man wandering dazed in my neighborhood once. EFerrari Dec 2011 #11

It depends on where he is. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #12

A homeless man was beaten, caught on video: Quantess Dec 2011 #14

It just shows that you are only human, and not some kind of saint. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #23

Only because I'm a nurse... w8liftinglady Dec 2011 #24

Probably lie down next to him to see what he was staring at... HopeHoops Dec 2011 #27

Thank you. It takes a lot of courage to post something like this. n/t GliderGuider Dec 2011 #29

I suppose if I had gotten used pipi_k Dec 2011 #30

Something that's bothered me for ever. Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #40

Call for help. emilyg Dec 2011 #32

.. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #35

One evening North of Seattle in Everett rustydog Dec 2011 #41

Thanks for this story. joshcryer Dec 2011 #42

I see this every week in downtown Seattle. aletier_v Dec 2011 #43