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Is it possible to achieve or adopt a morally neutral stance?

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Ana the Ist

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"All the world's a stage, and each man in his time, plays many parts."


Oh yes, I can do no good by myself. But my friend, it is not about me but Him. The I must be surrendered and the path is trod by Someone else. It is not always clear to us what we should be doing - even Biblically oil is poured on Jesus' feet that could have been sold to feed the poor - but we can see and know when we are meant to. I know that if I have a sandwich and someone next to me is hungry, that I am to share. All our good actions make the world a little better, the opposite also true though.

I think we have deep axiomatic differences on this point, as I alluded to earlier in the thread, so I don't think our discussion will go very far. If you are interested though, Dostoyevsky goes into this idea of all being partially to blame for all sins, so a good literary adaptation of it would be his Brothers Karamazov (Father Zosima and Dmitry) or in Devils (Stavrogin when he visits Father Tikhon).

Anyway, best of luck to you.

I think you're reading Dostoyevsky wrong.
 
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