Mammuthus writes:
I should have clarified what I meant by ethics. I had a college course which was more philosophy and ethics where all sorts of really complex dilemas were presented to the students and we had to logically justify our positions or defend a position we disagreed with etc
This reminds me of a philo of ethics class I took a couple years ago. On the first day of class, the prof gave us all a handout that presented the first ethical dilemma in the class. It reads something like the following:
You walk in the park and suddenly god appears in a thunderous light and a thunderous voice tells you that New York has become a sinful city and you must go on a shooting spree to kill as many as you can you are stopped by the sinners. What do you do?
After people started discussing with each other (our prof usually just let us debate it out on our own)groups began to form. Ultimately, there were two main groups.
Group 1: Yes, you should do it because god is all knowing so he knows what's best for you and you should never question him.
Group 2: You should proceed to seek out a professional for a psych evaluation.
Um... I was in group 2 by the way.
Ok, my point in all of this. Before then, I had no idea that people could have faith in something so much that they never stop to question their own sanity. What surprised me the most was that the people in the group that was seriously trying to argue that you should always "trust" god without question (yes, it very quickly broke into a religous debate) even if you have to commit mass murder or even genocide looked like your average college students. Scary, isn't it?
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