What do you think about the Steve Weinberg quote that “…for good people to do evil - that takes religion"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Euthanizing a pet is imo better than leaving it on its own in a war torn city or letting an invading army abuse it. On net Hitler was evil, no doubt.

You call using a dog for a cyanide test “euthanizing”?

I’m gonna leave this discussion.

If you leave every discussion where someone says something you don't like, you won't take part in many discussions.

I dont leave them all. I don’t want to communicate with someone who thinks its a positive to euthanize a healthy dog with cyanide.

In addition to the defending hitler thing

Shouldn’t seem like an extreme position imho.

So, you didn't leave, after all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTW what do you think would have happened to healthy pets left in the bunker area In Berlin when the Soviet Army rolled in?

DP - I think euthanizing them is fine - for pets and also for humans who don't want to be killed by enemies. In fact, I think many people committed suicide and put their children to "sleep" as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Euthanizing a pet is imo better than leaving it on its own in a war torn city or letting an invading army abuse it. On net Hitler was evil, no doubt.

You call using a dog for a cyanide test “euthanizing”?

I’m gonna leave this discussion.

If you leave every discussion where someone says something you don't like, you won't take part in many discussions.

I dont leave them all. I don’t want to communicate with someone who thinks its a positive to euthanize a healthy dog with cyanide.

In addition to the defending hitler thing

Shouldn’t seem like an extreme position imho.

So, you didn't leave, after all!

I stayed around long enough to point out you are an idiot troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not familiar with cyanide. Is it extremely painful?

Little pro tip:

When you are "not familiar" with something, it's best to not comment on it until you do a bit of research, lest you look like a total idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not familiar with cyanide. Is it extremely painful?

Little pro tip:

When you are "not familiar" with something, it's best to not comment on it until you do a bit of research, lest you look like a total idiot.

I haven’t commented on it. I just asked a question since there was such an extreme reaction to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whole quote is: "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion." Steve Weinberg

I’ve been thinking about that since it was quoted in another thread and found the following Biblical references to the concept on Google:
The Bible includes several verses that mention God being on our side, including Psalm 118:6, Psalm 124:1-8, and Psalm 108:13.

Psalm 118:6
• "The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?"
Psalm 124:1-8
• "If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel say— if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us, they would have swallowed us alive"
Psalm 108:13
• "With God on our side we will win; he will defeat our enemies"

I know that Mao and Stalin were atheists, but they didn’t kill because of that; they killed because they were bad people. Meanwhile, battles have been waged on the promise of winning because God supposedly wanted it.

What are your thoughts on this?

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.