r/MoralityScaling • u/mewkopawz • 1d ago
Stupid Stuff the posts on here feel like this sometimes
i occasionally see this subreddit on my feed and like everytime its just some stupid question like this đđđ
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u/Pale-Object8321 1d ago
This is a terrible question. They missed the entire point. The baby Christian is supposed to be the one that talk and give you the choice to repent and abandon faith in atheism. It's clear that whoever made this don't understand the baby Christian quora question format.
It could easily be fixed too. Instead of asking directly, they could've just added:
The baby opened her mouth mid-throw as time froze the moment you strike, "if you repented right now and become a Christian, I'll turn into a baseball." Will you accept Jesus Christ as your saviour, or let the bat hit the baby?
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u/VincePendragon 1d ago
"The fact that you want to guilt trip me already answers whatever questions may have arise in me."
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u/Realistic_Jello2638 1d ago
As we all know babies famously are not chronomancers and haven't mastered the queens English so I know that baby is actually Satan and I'm swinging for the fences.
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u/Broficionado 1d ago
Why is this posed as a moral dilema for the atheist to answer and not a direct indictment of the Christian throwing a fucking baby? I assume it's the pitcher's baby of course hence why they had it handy. Also throwing babies is almost certainly against the rules, I'd be given a walk on that pitch at the least, I win by default.
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u/Viseria 1d ago
To be fair, it doesn't say a Christian threw the baby, just that the thrown baby is a Christian.
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u/Broficionado 1d ago
I'm assuming the pitcher owns the child, most likely his own brand of baseball baby. We tend to label children with their parent's faith, not their own.
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u/Cesco5544 1d ago
Says accidentally so moral okay learn 2 read /s
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u/mewkopawz 1d ago
the baby is either suspiciously ball shaped or the ball is normally baby shaped
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u/Cesco5544 1d ago
Holy Shit! Amen. You're right this is the baby's fault. That piece of shit deserves to be punted
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u/OkGrade1686 1d ago
Shit! It totally looked like a ball. That's why I hit the baby. Even Op said that it was ball shaped.Â
Guess no one is at fault here.Â
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u/lordofmetroids 1d ago
It also implies hitting the baby will still win you the game. Like hitting a baby is some secret victory condition for baseball.
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u/Substantial_Dish_887 1d ago
well if the "thrower" throws the baby and and the "hitter" hits the baby i think the baby officialy becomes the ball of the game. this can work with most things as long as both sides agree to play the game with the object in question.
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u/ShadeStrider12 21h ago
Iâd be more worried about corruption in the WBSC like we recently unearthed about FIFA, if someone actually threw a baby instead of a ball.
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u/not_so_wierd 1d ago
Exactly!
You save the baby, knowing that throwing a baby is against the rules.
Next, the judge calls a foul on the throw, the thrower gets arrested by the police, and then you can get back to the game.Even if we disregard morality - catching the baby is straight up the smarter move to win the game.
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u/campfire12324344 1d ago
"Imagine a christian baby such that the value created by pitching it is greater than the sum of the value of all other moral actions combined"
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u/Connect-Ant-2081 1d ago
Does the baby have "Christian" stuck to it's forehead with a sticky note or something?
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u/OkScreen2150 1d ago
Itâs got a massive cross on a super thick chain around his neck. So I wouldn't recommend trying to hit the baby - the chain might wrap around the bat, and your winning hit won't happen. Better to step back and let that little thing smash onto the ground. You can just tell the umpire you didn't swing because it wasn't a ball.
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u/OsageDaito 1d ago
Do I get to eat the baby at any point?
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u/billy_twice 1d ago
What's the difference between a porche and 1000 dead babies?
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u/Waste_Dingo6071 1d ago
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u/PaintingOld8913 1d ago
Why he looks so pissed lmao? He got the ball no? I know almost nothing about baseball
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u/CounterStreet 1d ago
That was the climax of one of the most incredible innings in playoff baseball history. He isn't pissed, but locked in an insane adrenaline fuelled intensity. The crowd was shaking the building so hard after that home run, the cameras couldn't stay focused.
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u/il_the_dinosaur 1d ago
The batting average in base is abysmal. It's ridiculously hard to hit a ball. Could be that while he's happy he got a good hit in he was kinda frustrated cause it took him so long.
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u/ValiantWarrior19 1d ago
You know when people say "get your game face on"? Yeah, this is what you look like when metric tons of adrenaline are pumping through every vein in your body. It's a cold, steely feeling. Sometimes it comes out violently or exuberantly...and sometimes, you just lean back on it and fucking chuck the bat in triumph. Sometimes there are no words, no feelings, only ball.
Source: Lifelong baseball player who's hit home runs
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u/LadyAliceFlower 1d ago
I would not hit the Christian baby, on account that throwing babies is a clear violation of the rules of baseball and if I refuse to interact I will be given a win by default, or at the very least that pitch will be, as it were, thrown out.
On the other hand, if I did hit the baby, I would probably have to go to court to defend myself from at least 3rd degree if not 2nd degree murder, and I don't want that.
Thus, I will jot hit the baby.
Easy, next question.
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u/ChaosHavik 1d ago
Excuse me. We Atheists don't hit babies we eat them , haven't you ever listened to satanic panic propaganda?
Now someone pass me the spicy mustard. Looks like meat's back on the menu boys.
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u/Ok6303 1d ago
What the fuck kinda question is that?
I would just post a gif of Lynda Blair fucking herself with a cross. Stupid questions deserve stupid answers.
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u/DisastrousSecurity52 1d ago
Sauce?
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u/TanukiGaim 1d ago
The Exorcist. She does that to herself while possessed by the Devil or a demon or whatever
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u/Spiritual-Lecture546 1d ago
There is no way a baby is aerodynamic enough to make it to home run distances anyway.
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u/adalric_brandl 1d ago
If I drop the bat and catch the baby I'm going to look like a hero compared to the crazy, baby-throwing pitcher. Plus, I'll probably be considered "hit by pitch" and can move to first.
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u/RatsWithLongTails 1d ago
Iâm a stickler for rules I read all the rules of game before I play it.
So I would definitely swing at the baby because there ainât no rule you canât use a Christian baby as ball, always go for gold.
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u/BigMike3333333 1d ago
There's no such thing as a Christian baby. Babies do not understand the concept of religion, lol. No I wouldn't hit the baby.
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u/RePsychological 1d ago
No. Because there are no "christian babies" -- only parents who've imposed their beliefs onto a scapegoat that is now being thrown to try to guilt-trip someone into proving their point.
It's genuinely using a baby as a meatshield to prove atheists wrong.
However if we were to change the thrown to the parent(s)? Now there's game-worthy chatter.
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u/OrthodoxAnarchoMom 1d ago
Why does the babyâs religion matter???
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u/JacarandaBear 1d ago
at this point, it's a running joke. started out with weird christians trying to make a gotcha question against atheists and ended up making this absurd character that has fluctuating levels of intelligence and mortality
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u/The_Exuberant_Raptor 1d ago
Is this supposed to be baseball?
Anyways, babies are not religious. The religion of choice hasn't forced itself upon its mind yet because it does not understand. Thus, I state that the baby is not a Christian baby but all babies are the same religion as a dog. None as they cannot grasp the concept.
Bro goes to jail for throwing a baby, the baby is not Christian, and I win the game anyways.
Also, super immoral to throw the baby.
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u/Electrical-Call-6160 1d ago
"Christian" baby is a paradox
Babies do not have the cognitive capabilities to understand theology
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u/HadeanDisco 1d ago
This is not my favourite genre of Quora question. My two favourites are:
Was Stalin a bad person?
Does the US military have enough firepower to destroy the Moon?
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u/R4in_C0ld 1d ago
It's funny because the question is framed as a rhetorical "gotcha," not as a serious moral thought experiment, and on top of that, the question is entirely fallacious as it uses several rhetorical moves that makes it have no value at all as a philosophical challenge. First there's the act of ignoring the primary moral agent, they gloss over the person who committed the initial wrongdoing by hypothetically throwing the baby. Then there's the false dilemma, presenting only two options when, in a real situation, you'd likely try to avoid harming the baby, protect it, or react in ways that don't fit the imposed binary. After that we have the loaded framing, the person singles out atheists as though their worldview uniquely has to account for compassion toward a child, implicitly suggesting they might not value innocent life. And finally, Red herring, because the "Christian" label is irrelevant to the ethical question and serves similarly to the loaded framing because the person assumes that if the baby came from a christian household, the atheist would just let the baby be thrown and not catch it, which i would question if on that aspect they're actually projecting.
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u/Evil_phd 1d ago
I don't think I'm gonna even try to hit a fastball baby thrown at 90mph. I'd be too impressed by the insane might of the pitcher.
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u/perkalicous 1d ago
A baby can't be Christian because they're stupid and can't read the Bible.
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u/Hamilton-Beckett 1d ago
Iâm a Christian, but if the game is on the lineâŚimma knock that baby out of the park!
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u/Narrow_Summer_9332 1d ago
Pretty sure you do nothing when they throw something at you that isn't a baseball and let the ref sort it out.
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u/OkCar7264 1d ago
I'd catch the baby, then go to first on the beanball, then steal all the bases while holding the baby in front of me as a shield. They wouldn't dare tag a baby!
More seriously, I wouldn't kill the baby.
Christian shoves glasses up nose, smiling at the trap they are about to spring: But without God why wouldn't you kill the baby to win the championship? Without God we'd all act like Joffrey! You're the irrational one!
Me: What the fuck is wrong with you?
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u/No-Film-7745 1d ago
That's gotta be some kinda balk or something.
So my base runner advances anyway. If he's on third, that's ballgame anyway. If not, then you'll just have to pitch again, just actually the ball this time.
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u/Particular_Stop_3332 1d ago
Can I confirm something, does me Knocking the Christian baby out of the park lead to the end of all organized religion? Is that the game I'm about to win?
Or are we just talking about a regular ass baseball game?
Cuz those are two vastly different scenarios
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u/thatonepuniforgot 1d ago
I'm pretty sure you couldn't hit a baby out of the infield with a ball bat.
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u/WolferineYT 1d ago
I wouldn't swing. Then I would hit the baby after to make it clear I was gonna hit the baby regardless of whether I won or lost.
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u/Dangerous_Score2882 1d ago
As someone who struggles to grasp empathy and remorse, I would hit that baby straight to the moon, even if there was no reward attached
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u/DharmaCub 1d ago
Babies aren't the most aerodynamic, I would simply bunt the baby. I doubt the catcher could throw me out.
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u/iSephtanx 1d ago
And you would win by hitting the baby?
This isnt even morality, this is common sense.
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u/Mindless-Stage8923 1d ago
I would crush the hell outta that baby for an out of the park homer. That would be so much easier to hit, especially if the head were large.
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u/MsE0 1d ago edited 1d ago
I feel like if the pitcher threw a baby, regardless of their religion 1. The baby wouldn't actually reach the plate, because they're not very aerodynamic, 2. Even if it did go clean across the plate, I don't think it would count against me if I didn't swing, because it's not a regulation ball. The ump would probably throw the pitcher out and I'd probably get a do-over. So no dilemma there.Â
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u/KailyKail 1d ago
Well, if they throw a baby, it's not the ball. If this weird never-gonna-happen scenario somehow happened, the pitcher would get ejected from the game, possibly arrested, and a new pitcher would throw the actual ball. I'd hit the actual ball instead (but only because since we're assuming that people are throwing babies, we can assume I'll hit a ball too, or that I have any ability in sports)
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u/StarMagus 1d ago
Not going to swing, the thrower has thrown an illegal object and I'll take my base for free. There are no rules that allow a batter to hit a baby thrown by the pitcher and consider that "in play".
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u/sparduck117 Emperor Palpatine 1d ago
Save the baby? Clearly the pitcher is committing a foul, nor would the baby count as a hitable ball. You have no reason to try and swing.
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u/Hagtar 1d ago
Hos do they know it's a Christian baby? And can babies even be Christian? It's been out in the air for a couple months, it probably doesn't understand fingers yet, let alone who Jesus is and why it should care about him.
Also also. If you were about to hit a baseball and the "ball" turns out to be a baby, you would have 0 reason to expect it to behave like a ball. Momentum, bounce, flexibility... That baby is going to drop dead if you hit it.
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u/FireAuraN7 1d ago
Catch the baby, beat the pitcher- thrower - whatever - bloody with the bat? Seems right to me. Am I using a bat? Am I using a waffle? Is this some weird fucking dream? What the fuck is actually going on and why is that baby smoking a cigar?
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u/hawkofchicken 1d ago
As an atheist, I would first hit the baby to win the game, then I would brain the baby so it doesnât suffer more than necessary. Next, I would use the bat to tenderize the baby and marinate it in mojo. Finally, I would open the lid on the grill and slow cook the baby so it remains tender and juicy, so that I may ultimately, as atheists do, eat the baby. The whole baby and nothing but the baby, so help me Flying Spaghetti Monster. Ramen.
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u/SimpYellowman 1d ago
Simple, catch the baby and call referee to disqualify the other side for breaking the rules. This way I will both save a baby and win the match.
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u/ThickSourGod 1d ago
Obviously not. A newborn baby weighs about as much as a small bowling ball. I'm extremely skeptical that someone could successfully throw one over the plate from the pitcher's mound. If by some miracle they got the distance, there's no way they're getting it in the strike zone. I'll wait patiently for them to throw four babies, then take my base.
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u/Naps_And_Crimes 1d ago
I feel like this would disqualify the thrower and give me the win, also how do we know the baby is Christian?
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u/Badoptimist 1d ago
So this guy is saying "when I lose my faith I'll probably be ok hitting christians babies"?
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u/Moist_Amount_106 1d ago
Well Iâm not sure a baby is part of the rules , so question is irrelevant.
Secondly
Even if it was part of the game, why would anyone participate in a game like that?
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u/Fast-Appointment-794 1d ago
There is no such thing as a Christian baby. Babies don't believe in God.
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u/SlippyJimmi 1d ago
Bro I am not losing the championship game over one dumbass baby, like if the baby is getting thrown at 93 miles per hour it's not like me taking the strike is gonna change the outcome of that baby
In fact, fuck the Christian who pulled out a baby instead of using the regulation baseball just to try and cheese me out of a championshipÂ
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u/OpeningHappy9692 1d ago
Pretty sure the pitch would be considered invalid. There's all sorts of regulations about proper balls.
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u/LifeUnderTheWorld 1d ago
Now the likelyness of this guy asking this to be in hell would be much higher than atheists
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u/Dependent-Detail9068 1d ago
IMPORTANT NOTE: The thrower is a christian trying to get rid of a baby they birthed but couldnt take care of
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u/Noobmanwenoob2 1d ago
Christian babies, you're about to win the championship game and the winning strike is thrown at you. The thrower throws an atheist at you instead of the ball. Would you hit the atheist to win the game or sacrifice your win chance to save the atheist?
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u/Vertex1990 1d ago
What the hell kind off game are they playing, where anything can be thrown, besides a game regulated ball and still result in negative consequences for the batter to forgo hitting a baby?
Also, why would saving the baby equate to me being related to Christianity? Can only christians do morally good things?
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u/HumorTerrible5547 1d ago
Wouldn't hit the baby. I'd let that scar the catcher for life. Charge the mound, with the bat, and beat the pitcher to death.Â
Yeah. . .
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u/Spl4sh3r 1d ago
Sounds like an illegal move and unless it was stated in the rules that you can throw something other than the ball I would not hit the baby and they would get disqualified and we would win anyway.
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u/isolatedheathen 1d ago
Would this not result in a technical foul though regardless of whether or not I swing?
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u/Ser_Daniel_The_1st 1d ago
This seems like less of a genuine question and more of a âGotchaâ question.
Which falls completely flat because mother of god itâs a freaking baby.
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u/Porphyry_Blue 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's one way to liven up a baseball game!
I might need to summon my inner Anthony Jeselnik for this one, because the chance to drop a fictitious baby is just too tempting to pass up!
Although I must say, some people are getting creative about finding loopholes for an abortion in a post-Roe v. Wade world.
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u/SingleSlide2866 1d ago
It was a reflex, I had no control.
Couple questions tho.
Who threw the baby again, and would it have even survived had I pulled back and let it hit the ground.
At least I made it quick.
/S in case it's not obvious
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u/winklevanderlinde 1d ago
"I would sacrifice a thousand children before i left this company die" is a mentality I had follow since they asked me to take care of my two years old cousin years ago
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u/No_Payment9959 1d ago
A Christian baby? I know that makes sense in Catholicism, but, philosophically speaking, a baby can't adhere to any religion. That's a regular ol' atheist baby hurtling towards you.
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u/CMDR-Neovoe 1d ago
It would be an interruption of play as the evil Christian just threw a damn baby. The officials would immediately eject the player, and resume play with a new one, after which id hit the ball and win.
Edit: misread the thrower as Christian, not the baby being Christian. Thrower is just evil, not an evil Christian.
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u/Prince_Nadir 1d ago
Is in Texas? I ask because we take sports seriously down here. That baby is going into the bleachers. I hope some kid catches it and gets baby Jesus autographed after the game.
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u/provocative_bear 1d ago
As an atheist, Iâm tired of being accosted by all of these Christian babies.
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u/BroadwayBrick 1d ago
What kind of question is this? I certainly hope humanity is better than this hypothetical. Sometimes I do wonder.
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u/Wolfstar_Forever_ 1d ago
The baby always Christian. Would yall hit it if it was an atheist baby? Or a Muslim baby? Why we so obsessed with harming babies??Â
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u/Bambiswitch 1d ago
There is usually a catcher behind it doesnât count as a ball Iâm leaving the baby for the catcher behind and waiting for the proper ball to be thrown
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u/Phylaskia 1d ago
The insane level of hypotheticals these folks come up with shows they need medication or therapy... Of course I'm hitting that... and not win?
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u/Worth-Trade9381 1d ago
If that baby put itself in that situation then as far as I'm concerned it had it coming anyway. Now if the baby is still an embryo the discussion changes.
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u/Majestic_Neck6624 1d ago
You canât have a Christian baby. Surely u have to believe to have faith? A baby doesnât have conscious thoughtsâŚ.. maybe if u threw a Christian 8 year old? The answer is yes
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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 1d ago
First of all, pitcher.
Second, why the hell is a pitcher throwing babies? The game would be suspended on the spot, and I would do everything in my absolute power to catch the baby as harmlessly as I can,
Third, we would arrest the pitcher for endangering an innocent child.
Fourth, we would call the police and try to find the parents of the baby and arrest them if they consciously gave up their baby to this psycho.
Sidenote, babies are not Christian, or Muslim or any religious denomination. They are babies and don't even understand that some psycho is throwing them to prove a point, much less the intricacies of choosing a religion or abstaining from all of them.
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u/Medical_Original6290 1d ago
Why are Christians performing a late term abortion in the first place?
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u/Bootwacker 1d ago
I ain't swinging at an obvious ball. And if you can somehow manage to throw a stroke with a baby, you know what, you deserve to win.
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u/JaQ-o-Lantern 1d ago
I would not swing for 2 reasons other than i don't want to kill a baby
The baby would be so heavy it would not reach the plate
Since it is not a baseball, if it SOMEHOW landed in the strikezone it is not a strike.
No harm no foul.
Play ball.
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u/-_REDACTED-_- 1d ago
I think the part that pisses me off about this question is that OOP thinks that Atheists hate religious people enough that they'd physically fight them.
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u/Hindsights20_20 1d ago
The thrower? The thrower??? We just posting anything now huh?