Why Christianity is Fundamentally Flawed

[appolose]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

appolose said:

appolose said:

I'll just quote myself here, for noticing sake.

"That some other person might have more motivation to make the better choice does not lift responsibility from him."

This is the problem I see in your argument. Why would you not judge a person who had more motivation to make the better choice differently from another person who had less motivation?

Let's say that there is a maniac holding a family hostage. If all one person need to do to save five complete strangers from certain death is to throw a cat off a cliff, while another person need to cut the throat of another innocent man, I would understand if only the first person would do the right thing and save as many humans as possible.

The decision was clearly tougher for the second person, and not taking the circumstances into account would be cruel.

The idea is that, all circumstances considered, there is still an undeniable knowledge of what should be done.  Certainly, some choices are drastically more difficult than others, but if the person still could have done the right thing despite what he was up against, than he still has responsibility (I posit).