What you do does not determine who you are ! Now I understand Paul Thambiya.

[Wunderfool]

Paul Thambiya is using a spiritual analogy when he says ' What you do does not determine who you are.' And that's true!. He is not saying that character is not important. He is saying on the contrary that character or rather your own identity is the essence of your actions and behavior. In other words, what he means is this ,' What you do does not determine who you are, but what you are determines what you do. '

I believe Paul is a Christian, so the analogy is very similar to the following : if you think you're a no good child of God, you'll live like a no good child of God ( Your identity is an issue and it reflects on you behaving badly ) - but when you realise the truth of who you are in Christ, it will revolutionise your behaviour, you want to live and be a good child of God. Your good behavior reflects your identity or your character in essence.

 

[frenchbriefs]

u are like twisting ur words and logic round and round and basically saying the same thing,like a typical christology religious nutjob.

so what u are saying is set theory.not all rapists are shitskins,but all shitskins loves to rape.

 

[Wunderfool]

u are like twisting ur words and logic round and round and basically saying the same thing,like a typical christology religious nutjob.

so what u are saying is set theory.not all rapists are shitskins,but all shitskins loves to rape.

Yes, it is hard to understand. It took me quite a while to ponder over the statement by Paul T for which Heng Swee Keat took issue with him over it , before I finally realized what he actually meant.

You see, our identity ( who we are) in the spiritual sense is really the crux of the issue. I believe Paul T uses the statement in that particular sense. What you are in the spiritual sense defines you and it comes out in your actions and behaviors. I think that 's where Paul T is trying to vouch for Dr Chee's character; that he is not judged a good man by his actions per se although there is no question he is of a good character, but more so, by who he is in the spiritual sense.