What makes a "good person?"

Strictly speaking, nothing does; we're evil, and cannot make ourselves good. As Christ said to the rich young ruler, "Why do you call Me good? There is only One good, that is, God" (another proof that He definitely claimed to be God, as the Bible calls Him good).

If you ask yourself, "Am I a good person?", and examine yourself in light of God's law, you'll be forced to conclude: no, I am not. This is why "He [Jesus] Who knew no sin became sin for us [for the Church], that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."

For there is none righteous - no, not one.
God bless,
Crushmaster.

Depends entirely on peoples perspective. What may be bad in one persons eyes could be good in another...

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From a Christian standpoint, no one is good. From another point of view, a good person puts the well-being of others before themselves.harashawn

[QUOTE="harashawn"]From a Christian standpoint, no one is good. From another point of view, a good person puts the well-being of others before themselves.Mike-uk

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

ZombieKiller7

the Christian god? Cuz if so, then you picked a really bad guy to follow. l4dak47

Good and Evil are subjective. Only a few years ago, Assad in Syria was viewed as good - nowadays, he's not. Good and evil changes over time. Even Hitler at one stage was considered legitimate by other world leaders.michaelP4

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

ZombieKiller7

I believe your ability to love determines how "good" you are. Not only to love others, but also to love yourself. If you do this, then all of the aforementioned qualities become inherent.

[QUOTE="l4dak47"]the Christian god? Cuz if so, then you picked a really bad guy to follow. Crushmaster

I believe your ability to love determines how "good" you are. Not only to love others, but also to love yourself. If you do this, then all of the aforementioned qualities become inherent.

comander_chad

Bad as in He mistreats His "beloved" creations. l4dak47

[QUOTE="AussieePet"]None is good only God is goodmattisgod01

Why would an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being require a distinction of "Good" or "Bad"? Wouldn't such things be irrelevant?

[QUOTE="l4dak47"]Bad as in He mistreats His "beloved" creations. Crushmaster

Nice edit. Also, there's no such thing as objective. What there are, however, are morals that just about most people can agree on. They include no slavery, not killing millions of people, not sending people to a place to suffer forever, and many immoral things, all of which your "god" has either done or approved of at some point or another. l4dak47

I don't know what good is. I just know what good feels like. [QUOTE="mattisgod01"]

[QUOTE="AussieePet"]None is good only God is goodGenetic_Code

Why would an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being require a distinction of "Good" or "Bad"? Wouldn't such things be irrelevant?

Yea but i still don't see why being "Good" or "Evil" would have any relevance or meaning to such a being. Such things may apply to lesser beings like humans but who or what could possible judge God?

I would call Bill Gates a good person because he's devoted his personal fortune and even more than that, his time and skills to improving the quality of life of other people. He's not infallible, but he doesn't have to be.

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[QUOTE="l4dak47"]Bad as in He mistreats His "beloved" creations. l4dak47

As I said, "good and bad" in the secular worldview is meaningless. Whatever benefits you, you will consider good.

To a lion, if you stood still that would be good, cuz he's hungry.

"Lions all agree, it's good for the prey not to run."

Are you gonna do what's good for Mr Lion or what's good for you?

Therein you have conflict of interest which creates unstable geopolitcal situations, genocide, etc.

Hitler was an atheist, to him killing off the enemies of Germany was morally "good."

It comes down to law of the jungle, whoever is strongest wins and gets to define good and bad.

On the other hand, when an omnipotent universal force defines "good" you can take that to the bank. You may say "bu bu lots of people die." So what, lots of people die no matter what.

Where atheism fails is it looks for control where it has none. It wants to define good and evil as some new age bullschit with nothing to back it up except "most people want it" where "most people" have about the same worth as a housepet whose morality is based on eating, schitting, sleeping and f*cking.

If that's the truth you follow in life then good luck.

I prefer a higher truth.

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rike klonoa
or classic sonic

NEVAR GIVIN UP
INSPIRE OTHERS
put others first
never betrayin yo friends

or captain picard

no this type of gud listed above is not subjective

Hmm, that's difficult to answer, as it is subjective. I agree with you though, TC.

Good intentions followed through by mostly good actions (because everyone makes mistakes from time to time), consideration and compassion for others, solid moral judgment, honest, integrity, etc.

It might be hard to discern some of those, but then again not everyone you initially think is "good" actually turns out to be, so no it's not something concretely solved.

I guess good moral values.

None is good only God is goodAussieePet

Oh dear.

Not humoring AP's sh1tty troll posts is a good criterion.

Not humoring AP's sh1tty troll posts is a good criterion.

Dystopian-X

If your schlong is any less then 18 cm you are naturally a bad person.

[QUOTE="l4dak47"]Nice edit. Also, there's no such thing as objective. What there are, however, are morals that just about most people can agree on. They include no slavery, not killing millions of people, not sending people to a place to suffer forever, and many immoral things, all of which your "god" has either done or approved of at some point or another. Crushmaster

There seem to be a lot of different ideas about what makes someone a "good person." Sometimes I'm intrigued by people's judgments of others, and sometimes I'm very confused and disturbed by them. I've heard people refer to someone as a good person for some pretty petty reasons, while ignoring massive infractions.

My idea of what makes someone a "good person" has to do with a couple of factors. To me, integrity is always first and foremost. A person is only as good as their word. If someone constantly breaks promises, violates commitments, cheats on their significant other, steals, etc.. They have shown themselves to be untrustworthy. I don't see how someone can be a good person without a track record of integrity. This also includes commitment to a moral code of conduct in my book. For example, a person who says that they are a Christian but sleeps around really doesn't have much integrity, since they're not being honest with themselves.

The 2nd main factor that I feel makes someone a good person is their kindness and charity. Everybody loses their cool and says some mean things from time to time.. but I feel that those for whom this isn't the norm are "good people." People who try their best to be understanding and unselfish qualify as kind. Charity is important too, because that's a very real form of pure giving and unselfishness.

For those of us who are Christian, there is a scriptural basis for the idea to avoid labeling people as "good people" or "bad people" altogether. However, I think that if we're all honest with ourselves, we do it to an extent.

What makes a "good" or "bad" person in your book?

hartsickdiscipl

[QUOTE="Crushmaster"]

[QUOTE="l4dak47"]Nice edit. Also, there's no such thing as objective. What there are, however, are morals that just about most people can agree on. They include no slavery, not killing millions of people, not sending people to a place to suffer forever, and many immoral things, all of which your "god" has either done or approved of at some point or another. l4dak47

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="Crushmaster"]
No such thing as "objective" anything, or just objective morality?

What makes man worthy of judging the morality of anything?

Also, a few quick points.,.

(1) Slavery in the Bible was more of a social status than, e.g., "You're black, you're less of a person, thus you're only good for being a slave."

Two articles on the subject (both reasonably short, don't worry)...

Christian Apologetics Research Ministry

GotQuestions

(2) Yes, the Israelites killed many people. But check this out (this one is a bit long, but you should be able to see my side just from skimming)...

Christian Apologetics Research Ministry

Especially note the heading entitled, "A Discernable Pattern." These people we're not "just being killed"; it was much more than that. These people were committing acts we would both consider evil.

Finally: Hell is not immoral if you see a miniscule glimpse of how evil man is, and how holy God is. I encourage you to take a look at this - a little "blog" (just a temporary Website) I have, addressing the question of, "Are you righteous?"
God bless,
Crushmaster.kingkong0124

Hi, I'm your everyday militant atheist here.

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

l4dak47

Commander ShepardPlanetarius

You win.

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

maheo30

TC you're Christian but you forgot Jesus said only father is good.Zensword

You shouldn't take things so literally. Also, look at the last few sentences of my OP.

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

"Good" as pertains to the secular world is meaningless and generally boils down to "what benefits me."

There is only one force that has the authority to define what is universally "good" and that's God.

maheo30