What is right and what is wrong? How do we tell the difference? Americans no longer have a true-north in which to orient their moral compasses to. This is because we are now morally schizophrenic. We are in fact “hearing voices.” We suffer from an onslaught of influence from several difference sources, none of which are in agreement. One voice tells us to, “Eat this.” Another voice tells us to, “Believe this.” Yet others are shouting at us saying, “Wear this, drink this, love this, hate this, smoke this, BE this!” Which voice are we to listen to? Who determines what is right and wrong? Who determines what is good and what is bad or evil?
For a very long time, the answer to that question was God and the Bible. The Ten Commandments used to hang in our court rooms. Bible passages are still painted all over Washington D.C. and her memorials. But that is no longer the Americans “True-North.” The Bible is no longer what we use as a moral compass. My question to society is this, “If not the Bible, what do we now use as the standard of right and wrong?” Some would say Ala or Buddha, which aren’t bad sources. The Qur’an teaches some good ideas on this subject. Buddhism also teaches some pretty peaceful ideas itself. But religion as a moral compass is on the decline in America.
The postmodern answer to this question is, “Society determines right and wrong.” That is ludicrous. Some societies believe it is right, good, and just to pin down and strip naked an adolescent girl and perform a female circumcision of sorts with a piece of broken glass. Other societies and cultures practice cannibalism. We cannot accept those things as right and good. The next statement of the postmodern is usually, “Well, we let our society determine what is right for us.” That brings me back to my opening statements. What voice in our society are we to listen to? Is it the Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, or Atheist? Is it the Republican or the Democrat? The fact of the matter is that society has lost touch with right and wrong. Morality is now like the wind. It is hard to see, explain, or grasp.
Whether or not you believe as I do in God or the Bible, we can agree on one thing. If we are going to make the world a better place, if we need a true-north to set our moral compasses to, the biblical teaching of “love your neighbor as you love yourself” is a pretty good place to start.
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6 commenti:
Do we need a bible to tell us that killing, stealing, insulting harming harassing people is wrong? We can do wihout it especially because we believe that all men are born equal, that our kids do not need to be stoned if they happen to disobey, just as we do not believe tha infidelity must be punished with a death penalty.
Tha said is abortion and euthanasia forms of killing? I think not on the basis of good reasons.
Contumelia with all due respect for your beliefs, I always think of all the crimes committed in the name of Gods and religions
questo e' un argomento difficile da poter parlare nel blog, con tutto il rispetto per contumelia io condivido quello che ha scritto Bruno anche perche la bibbia ogniuno di noi l'ha interpetra a modo nostro e come piu' ci fa comodo
lol Lisa anche io ho detto qualcosa mi hai ignorata cattivona ahahaaha
Contumelia io ho tanti dubbi, cerco una monaca che mi aiuta a superarli lol
mua@@@@ senzatette scusami,hai ragione , la sera io quando finalmente mi siedo al pc a leggere il blog sono talmente stanca che faccio fatica a leggere tutti o a rispondere , se poi dico a me stessa di rispondere il giorno dopo e' peggio mi dimentico proprio lol lol lol
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