What is Good?

May 1, 2010 8:29pm CST
How can a man do good when man does not even know what good is?
7 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
2 May 10
Only God is good, only by surrendering to his will can what one do have good results all the best urban
2 people like this
2 May 10
exactly
@izbyfl (19)
• Canada
2 May 10
Look at this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHF6PFUukw
2 May 10
okay, but I want you to answer me.
@izbyfl (19)
• Canada
7 May 10
G-d is a fully spiritual (not physical, can't be measured by science or perceived in any physical way). Is that entity that created everything there is, including space and time, so there is no question "what was before?", because G-d is outside time and therefore, since he created it, he's not affected by it. He's totally aware of everything that happens (so you could say that his everywhere). He has total power over everything he created (like nature). He created us to give us good. The best possible good which is to enjoy a connection with him for the rest of eternity. That's why we were put in this world first, so we use our freewill and decide to get close to him now when we can't see him so clearly. That way we earn out closeness to him. That's pretty much all we know about G-d.
@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
3 May 10
People define what good is, so to their own mind a person may believe they are good if they act in accordance to their own system of morality. Of course, no two systems of morality are completely the same.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
3 May 10
He can try. As long as you are trying to do good, then you are doing good. Its the effort that counts.
@Bhemzky (423)
• Philippines
2 May 10
This is nice! For myself, I can say I'm a good man also cause I know what good is and I know I did good not just for myself but for other people too. Happy Mylotting!
2 May 10
But why did you do Good? and to whom do you do Good to? If I only do good to those I choose I have not done good but have acted out of selfishness. To do Good I must first know what Good is and the do it because it is Good. So my next question to you is how can man who is evil do that which is good?
@zarie20 (16)
• Malaysia
2 May 10
ya..ya.. i agree that. before you say you are the good man you must become the good person first..
2 May 10
How does one find the person they are?
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
2 May 10
That's what consequences are for. They teach you exactly what your choices mean. That's why everything you do in life will come back to you in time. God's way of teaching. Good question freethinkingagent.