"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
— George Bernard Shaw (Man and Superman)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5...IF someone mentions ethics, one would think they are coming down with moral code, I mean moral cold. It would seem that if someones conscience gets the better of them in this day and age, it is treated more like a sickness than a standard. With moral relativism and and situational ethics, we are experiencing the absolute end of moral absolutes. Yet the bellaring cows of tolerance, emit the braying disdain of any opposition. Who is to say this is right and that is wrong? I'll tell you... it is the one making policy!
Just don't let that be said of you or I.
ONE side shouts at the other side "Violation!" ...without so much as a standard among them, each declares foul where no line is drawn. This is the picture of our society, we have lost our moral compass on a sea of valueless systems. Yes we hear claims to the contrary like... "Democrats have morals too" ...yet without a contrast to the opposite, how are we to tell the difference? I am not saying Republicans are Saints, to the contrary, yet to claim a standard where none is established nor required is superfluity. We need rules and limits, untampered history is our proof, it is all we have.
STANDS of books and magazines bare the images of the less than credible, yet they are the ones the world looks to for moral advice? Like actors giving political opinion, it would seem those who act for money, do what they do best... (From the Greek word hypokrites a stage actor, hence one who pretends to be what he is not). Would one expect ethics from an "actor" or pretender? Then shouldn't we expect no less from those who are not? Our actions will reveal what we alone have decided-to.
FOR now we come to the crux... moral obligation. If one is standing in a room where a crime is clearly perpetrated; and the mere flip of a switch would be the catching of the criminal, but the end of the innocence of those also standing in the room... what do you do? On the other hand; not flipping the switch would be the escape of the criminal, but the preserving of the ignorance of those sharing the same space... what do you do? It is not the lack of moral obligation, but to whom it is directed. What is valued in our society more than law and order? What is valued more than the constitution? Follow?
ANYTHING we say, can be held against us... the court of "law" has nothing to do with it! If a special interest group has paid for "air-time" ...it matters little if you are right, and less if you can prove it! When faced with such opposition, the only reasonable thing to do is be unreasonable... and be true to your God and Country... and if that's not possible, pick the one you will be spending an eternity with or without! Jesus Christ.
PEOPLE have this desire to be more than they are... and that is achieved by most, right between their ears. Also the opposite is true... so, it is the changing of the mind that is most crucial. Some say all Christians are "brain-washed" ...and I have to agree. I for one went through some brainwashing myself... it was necessary though... my brain was filthy! We all could use a little cleaning between the ears! This is exactly what reading an anti-societal work like the Bible will do... it gives you perspective based on truth instead of tendency, and paradigm based on holiness instead of hormones... regardless!
WILL you make an experiment with me... by saying no to the current social god of our society? For just one day say no to your own desires. But not just say no to your own habits, such as putting the left sock on first... but replacing your will with the desires of someone else. That's right... in traffic, instead of laying on the horn at the idiot ahead of you, give peace a chance. Instead of saying no automatically to your kids desire... contemplate a generous compromise... or go for that walk in the rain your best friend always talks about. Or instead of asking God why? ...for once ask God who...
and then kindly be that volunteer of.
NOTICE most people look for patterns in capitalized words at the beginning of most paragraphs, and fail to see the patterns of those not... and are at the end? Anyway, I just was impressed with the standards that my parents had, and their parents before them...
it seemed God gave them vision beyond circumstance. I desire to be more than I am, and it could be that there are some that look to me as well; to provide that kind of role model.
I know I am not great enough for that responsibility, but it is my desire... and like a good peanut butter sandwich... Lord willing, I will have it! I may not be there yet, but with every salivating drop of anticipation I someday will. And with that kind of determination...
it could even be contagious (if only God notices)... no matter the cost.