If you know a person was truthful his whole life and of high moral character...
March 6, 2012 at 6:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2012 at 6:09 pm by Mystic.)
There is an interesting discussion I'm having on another forum. The OP was stating what would it take you to believe in a Prophet if you lived during his time.
One person answered
If he knew a person was 100% truthful, was of high moral character, showed caring about others, he sacrifices for good of others, and is known to be sane, he would believe he is telling the truth.
A reply I came up with is
1) You can't know everything about a person, they might have some bad hidden motives.
2) Even people of high moral character can drastically change, and truthful people can become liars.
He argued people of good moral character don't change drastically, they only change gradually. As there was no gradual change, this would be a sudden change of character.
He also argued you can know people by their actions. Their actions show their character, and you can know for certain a person is of high character.
He also argued people with bad thoughts would not appear to be selfless, caring, and wonderful people on the outside.
Does anyone know of an example of a person whom was of high character and changed for the worse?
And what are your opinions on this argument.
One person answered
If he knew a person was 100% truthful, was of high moral character, showed caring about others, he sacrifices for good of others, and is known to be sane, he would believe he is telling the truth.
A reply I came up with is
1) You can't know everything about a person, they might have some bad hidden motives.
2) Even people of high moral character can drastically change, and truthful people can become liars.
He argued people of good moral character don't change drastically, they only change gradually. As there was no gradual change, this would be a sudden change of character.
He also argued you can know people by their actions. Their actions show their character, and you can know for certain a person is of high character.
He also argued people with bad thoughts would not appear to be selfless, caring, and wonderful people on the outside.
Does anyone know of an example of a person whom was of high character and changed for the worse?
And what are your opinions on this argument.
