Morality?

How can we talk on morality? It is not possible for us to set the standards for what is right and what is wrong, yet that is what we try to do every day.

If one was to see into another's thoughts he would be disgusted with what he found. He would probably call that person every name under the sun, in his mind if not out loud. He would quickly conclude that this person is a hypocrite, depraved, maybe even perverted. Yet for those same private thoughts that flow through his own head he would say that they were 'understandable' or a 'mistake on his part' or because of 'human weakness'. He would easily justify his own thoughts because in himself he believes he is a decent fellow, whilst condemning somebody else for having the exact same thoughts.

Here lies our conundrum. How could we, who have such a lack of morality in our own private mind possibly be a judge on what is right and what is wrong? We need to understand that the only way for morality to exist is for God to exist. The existence of God and the existence of morality go hand in hand. By removing God we remove any sense of morality. The reason for this is because to have in existence the concept of morality there must also be in existence some standard from which morality derives.

For the law of England and Wales to properly function there must be a standard of law on which its functionality stands and relies. Without such it would be impossible for the law to work. If one was to commit murder and be caught the severe punishment given to the offender would be based upon that standard set down by the law itself. Without the law which tells us that murder is wrong and breach of such renders one liable to punishment, then murder in the eyes of the law would not be wrong. It is the law itself by which we know what is right and what is wrong. Not only is it necessary for there to be a standard on which the functioning of the law stands, but it is equally important that there exists only one standard. It would be pointless if there were two different standards of law. Which one would be applied? To function correctly there must be only one standard.

By disregarding God we lose all rational idea of what morality is, for the standard from which morals derive ceases to exist. God is perfect. He sets the standard on which morality rests.

For morality to properly function there must be one universal objective standard. That standard is God. Without one standard, a knowledge of right and wrong is impossible, because what one person thinks is right another person may think is wrong. What one person considers to be acceptable another may think it unacceptable. The consequence of basing the standard for morality on people's different personal standards is that a culture of 'anything goes' or 'do what you want' ensues. The result will be a depraved state of affairs. This culture has already come about in our society today. We now live in a culture where any differentiation between right and wrong has become more and more blurred. By living according to no set standard for morality the ultimate inevitability is that there will be no difference between right and wrong.

We cannot complain when we see something wretched on the news or when somebody kills somebody else. We cannot complain at the state of our society. We cannot look down at those who have no regards for right or wrong. We cannot have any authority to correct our youth when they disrespect any form of authority that is in place. We cannot complain when people riot on the streets or act violently or animal like. We cannot complain that nobody cares about or even understands the difference between right and wrong. We cannot complain about these things because it is simply the inevitable consequence of removing God, who is the standard for morality, from public life. God is perfect and right. How can somebody understand what is wrong if they do not understand that which is right. How can somebody know right and wrong if they do not first know Him who shows us what is right?

Removing God removes that objective standard for what is right and wrong and therefore removes the entire premise of the notions of right and wrong.

Without God morality cannot function.

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-BACChristian