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Manic_Skafe · 08-13-2004, 09:42 PM

The power in a symbol lies in how it's interpreted - without a meaning behind a symbol a symbol is worthless. The same rule applies to any action done for any reason. For every action there's an infinte spectrum of meanings behind thea ction - surely none of these meanings are any more right than the others because without the interpretation of the act, the act is meaningless.

I believe in judging the reasoning behind the action more than the action itself - if you had to steal a dollar to buy bandages for a penniless and homeless man then as a whole, your actions aren't wrong at all.

Everything is relative.

From the Christian perspective of it all, there's no reason to get into the scriptures and such great detail. Jesus establishes himself as the "truth, the light, and the way" and thus creates absolute truths - with that said, certain actions are wrong regardless of the meaning behind them and others are right. Adulterers do not pass go or collect $200.

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