Romans 1:20 “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.”
Continuing Michael's message, he writes that t third reason that you
can't have morality without religion is that when you get rid of God, you have
nothing less than the experience of people. The Humanist Manifesto says
that human ethics is based on human experience. However, what people do is not
what people ought to do. 100% of Americans sin. This doesn't mean we ought to
sin. You cannot get from human experience what people ought to do.
Allan Bloom, in his book The
Closing of the American Mind said, "Reason
cannot establish values." However, today's schools teach that students
should rationally write down what they value. These values become their morals. However,
reason cannot establish values and belief that it can according to Bloom,
"ls the stupidest and most
pernicious illusion. Our children are being taught the height of
stupidity because if you look at what people do, we'll look at the ‘end’ and if
it establishes a good end, we'll conclude that these behaviors are right."
Everyone knows that lying would be right if the "ends justify the
means."
There is no
"reason" without God. Darwin said, "it's horrible to think that my speech would have no more significance
than the babbling of a monkey and Who would put stock in the mind of a monkey
if a monkey could even think." Evolutionists think that matter
can think. As Materialists, they think that thought is only the result of
electro chemical changes in the brain. Therefore, the "Twinkie
Defense" is a rational "mitigating circumstance" to mitigate a
charge of First Degree Murder down to manslaughter. This defense says that the
killer is not responsible for his own thoughts since a "sugar rush"
induced his thoughts which resulted in his behavior.
Romans 2:13-15 “For not
the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be
justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto
themselves: Which showed the work of the law written in their hearts, their
conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or
else excusing one another.”
Stephen Jay Gould of
Harvard, a leading Evolutionists says, "little
man is just a little twig, lying in the back yard and is good for nothing
except to be thrown into the garbage can." Who are we to expect that little man could
construct a moral code for his own good? There is no one but God who is Just
enough, Powerful enough, Wise enough, and Loving enough to create a moral code
whereby we must live and should live. Because of His morality, not
ours, He was just and loving enough to send His only begotten son to redeem us
from our sinful nature. For Jesus Christ, who was without sin, became the
perfect sacrifice for sin on our behalf that we may be made the righteousness
of God in Him. Only God who is righteous has the moral authority to establish a
moral code of ethics according to the standard of His Word.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Know ye
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such
were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
Morals are from the word "mores" meaning: the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community. Ethics
and morals relate to “right” and “wrong” conduct. While they are sometimes
used interchangeably, they are different: ethics refer to rules
provided by an external source, e.g., codes of conduct in workplaces or
principles in religions. Morals
refer to an individual's own
principles regarding right and wrong. May our morals be in line and aligned with God's ethics.
Your brother in Christ, Michael
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