The Moral Dilemma

“You’re old fashioned” or “you’re a goody two shoe” are statements and accusations that people get when they adhere to a perceived rigid moral standard. But what makes it rigid?

The fact is we live in times where people want to do what they want to do. They no longer feel that “anyone” should tell them there is a right and a wrong.

Ironically, what makes us different than anything else on this planet is we have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. Now that does not mean that everything is a right or wrong issue. Clearly it is not right or wrong to like chocolate ice cream or to enjoy the beach instead of the mountains.

But on the other hand whether you should kill someone or not should not be a personal choice. And yet there are circumstances that some people foolishly excuse taking a life. Think about it.

And it goes beyond even that. What is sexually wrong? Is there a sexual standard? Is it okay for 16 year olds to have sexual relations? Is it okay for 2 men or 2 women to engage in sexual activity together? Is it okay for people and animals to have sexual relations? These are juts a few scenarios to consider.

Guess what? There are many who think the answer is there is nothing wrong with any sexual behavor. Clealy there is something wrong with that don’t you think?

And the fact that a standard does exist is because somewhere in my questions many of you said “no way” should that happen. Maybe it was the homosexual reference or the sex with animals that made you draw a line, but the fact is you agree there is a line.

So that proves the main point. There is a line. Now historically speaking the anything goes mentality has often been shot down but it is not unprecedented either. Regardless we live in a time where much of society is trying to have accountability and moral ethics amputated from the social conscience.

What about you? Frankly what is wrong with a line that should not be crossed? I mean do we not see the damage that teen sex, pre marital sex, adultery, homosexuality and whatever else causes? Yes you do see it. But the problem is most of us are too cowardly to speak up about it.

The numbers and facts don’t lie. Therapy groups and psychiatrists offices are over loaded with people trying to recover from poor moral judgement. Yes people will try and deny it or explain it off but it is a cold harsh reality. There are painful consequences to a carefree disregard for sexual morality.

Oh and it is more than just sexual morality. It is morality in general. Stealing is considered in degrees as is murder, rape, or violence. We have this ridiculous obsession with having the punishment fit the crime. When in reality we have no accountability at all anymore.

The prison system is a deplorable joke as is every justice system on this planet. We except the fact that politicians lie and corporate people steal. We think it is our right to not give an honest day at work. We think there are such things as white lies. It’s okay to keep dangerous secrets from our spouse or our boss.

We laugh at things like “what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas” . We ridicule people for writing articles like this. There are people saying right now “who is this self righteous moron!”

I am not suggesting that we love by my standards. But deep down inside we all know what the standards are. Ironically if we followed the basic premise of “do unto to others as we would have done unto us” we would eliminate most of the issues.

Think about it ………..