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<blockquote data-quote="EP" data-source="post: 2920305" data-attributes="member: 41744">In the fifth episode of Season One, &quot;Damned If You Do,&quot; the nun dying of allergies in a clean room asks House why he doesn't believe in God.&nbsp; His answer...&quot;What I have difficulty with is the whole concept of belief.&nbsp; Faith isn't based on logic and experience...&quot;&nbsp; At this point, he is cut off by the nun and doesn't go any further.An answer like that sound far too lawful to me.&nbsp; I agree with some of the replies that a chaotic character need not be incompetent or capable of rational thought, but it does not dictate their morals.&nbsp; House doesn't believe in God, in this case, because he has seen evidence of Him or had any experience with Him, whereas he can point to &quot;scientific evidence&quot; (which I use in quotations for my own personal reasons not applicable here) and say &quot;That's how the universe came into existence.&quot;I feel that House is lawful because he needs to find order and logic in the world.&nbsp; Anything he disregards at the hospital he sees as trivial matters that affects patients' lives, even when the patient themselves want it that way.&nbsp; He hates lawyers because they complicate things - hell, name anyone in this discussion right here that doesn't hate lawyers.&nbsp; And just as much as a chaotic character can deduce and reason, so too can a lawful character have emotions and personal drive to do what they feel is right.&nbsp; House uses lawful, ordered methods to do so.&nbsp; It's his delivery that's crazy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EP, post: 2920305, member: 41744"] In the fifth episode of Season One, "Damned If You Do," the nun dying of allergies in a clean room asks House why he doesn't believe in God. His answer... "What I have difficulty with is the whole concept of belief. Faith isn't based on logic and experience..." At this point, he is cut off by the nun and doesn't go any further. An answer like that sound far too lawful to me. I agree with some of the replies that a chaotic character need not be incompetent or capable of rational thought, but it does not dictate their morals. House doesn't believe in God, in this case, because he has seen evidence of Him or had any experience with Him, whereas he can point to "scientific evidence" (which I use in quotations for my own personal reasons not applicable here) and say "That's how the universe came into existence." I feel that House is lawful because he needs to find order and logic in the world. Anything he disregards at the hospital he sees as trivial matters that affects patients' lives, even when the patient themselves want it that way. He hates lawyers because they complicate things - hell, name anyone in this discussion right here that doesn't hate lawyers. And just as much as a chaotic character can deduce and reason, so too can a lawful character have emotions and personal drive to do what they feel is right. House uses lawful, ordered methods to do so. It's his delivery that's crazy. [/QUOTE]

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