A little while back, I and a few friends posted a thread lampooning the religious world view morality via the medium of a pretend magazine questionnaire; the subject, 'Are you God-good enough to be a good God?!?' These were my contributions:
You've been fine tuning evolution to ensure maximum hardship for all involved, when you're interrupted by your right hand man who points out that someone has had sex in your garden, and left a used prophylactic in the bushes. Do you:
a) Tidy up the mess and chuckle to yourself about the impulsiveness of youth.
b) Campaign to remove all vending machines from pub toilets.
c) Track the culprits down, light a match and immolate them. For time everlasting.
You've spent a glorious day with the kids, playing football in the park, when they see a couple of men kissing. "What are they doing?", the kids ask. Do you say:
a) Looks like they're a loving couple enjoying a day in the park, like us.
b) Don't look kids; you might 'get ideas'.
c) What they do is evil; chase them and impale them on the nearest fencepost! That would be the lesser evil.
One of your reps has a problem; some of his undermanagers have freed their wills and abused their young customers. He wants to know what to do; do you tell him to:
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You've been fine tuning evolution to ensure maximum hardship for all involved, when you're interrupted by your right hand man who points out that someone has had sex in your garden, and left a used prophylactic in the bushes. Do you:
a) Tidy up the mess and chuckle to yourself about the impulsiveness of youth.
b) Campaign to remove all vending machines from pub toilets.
c) Track the culprits down, light a match and immolate them. For time everlasting.
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You've spent a glorious day with the kids, playing football in the park, when they see a couple of men kissing. "What are they doing?", the kids ask. Do you say:
a) Looks like they're a loving couple enjoying a day in the park, like us.
b) Don't look kids; you might 'get ideas'.
c) What they do is evil; chase them and impale them on the nearest fencepost! That would be the lesser evil.
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One of your reps has a problem; some of his undermanagers have freed their wills and abused their young customers. He wants to know what to do; do you tell him to:
a) Dob in the undermanagers to the appropriate authorities.
b) Tell them to stop wearing dresses; that can't help.
c) Promote them and transfer them; duck and dive, a moving target is more difficult to hit. Negotiate with the authorities to turn a blind eye; their punishment will be in the afterlife etc. Nothing must be allowed to damage The Corporation.
You're playing the Sims, and you see that neighbourly disputes result in much murder and bloodshed. Do you:
b) Tell them to stop wearing dresses; that can't help.
c) Promote them and transfer them; duck and dive, a moving target is more difficult to hit. Negotiate with the authorities to turn a blind eye; their punishment will be in the afterlife etc. Nothing must be allowed to damage The Corporation.
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a) Reprogram your Sims to be less choleric and more reasonable.
b) Sit back and enjoy the spectacle; who doesn't enjoy a good fight?
c) Summon old man Sim to a mountaintop, chisel 'Thou shalt not kill' on a rock and hope they get the message. Tell them to stop thinking certain thoughts, whilst you're at it. Don't mention rape, or abortion. they'll have to figure those out themselves.
You've decided on a change of direction, so you organise for one third of you to be sacrificed to yourself to atone for, er, something or other. Naturally you choose the race which has achieved 'favoured' status. Everything goes to plan, and your favoured people follow the plan, as you knew they would. But some people blame them for killing one third of you, despite that being crucial to your plan. Do you:
a) Communicate clearly that they did nothing wrong.
b) Issue an APB to arrest anyone who's got the wrong end of the stick and prevent them acting on it.
c) Let simmering discontent foment for centuries before exploding in a genocidal armageddon that wipes millions of your former 'most valuable players' off the face of the Earth. Then blame it on atheists.
If you score mostly 'C's, you've cracked God-goodness; well done!
b) Sit back and enjoy the spectacle; who doesn't enjoy a good fight?
c) Summon old man Sim to a mountaintop, chisel 'Thou shalt not kill' on a rock and hope they get the message. Tell them to stop thinking certain thoughts, whilst you're at it. Don't mention rape, or abortion. they'll have to figure those out themselves.
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You've decided on a change of direction, so you organise for one third of you to be sacrificed to yourself to atone for, er, something or other. Naturally you choose the race which has achieved 'favoured' status. Everything goes to plan, and your favoured people follow the plan, as you knew they would. But some people blame them for killing one third of you, despite that being crucial to your plan. Do you:
a) Communicate clearly that they did nothing wrong.
b) Issue an APB to arrest anyone who's got the wrong end of the stick and prevent them acting on it.
c) Let simmering discontent foment for centuries before exploding in a genocidal armageddon that wipes millions of your former 'most valuable players' off the face of the Earth. Then blame it on atheists.
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If you score mostly 'C's, you've cracked God-goodness; well done!
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