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Originally posted by Whit
I know this is a few pages back, but I wanted to comment and respond. That's the joy of message boards, you can do that.
Can you elaborate? A couple of millennia ago Alexander the Great was considered kind when he wiped out (Thebes I think?), killed the men and enslaved the women and children. We had slavery in this country just a couple of centuries back. Death by hanging was choice because it could take awhile, then somebody figured out the 13 knot method of tying it. Electrocution was picked up because it was thought to be excruciating. My point is that the world seems to be better overall. So why is it more sinister?
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I am speaking of the depravity of the heart of individuals. So many people desire to live their lives without any regard to God or His purpose for them. They make their own rules...their own morality...
There is no right or wrong. No absolutes. Right has become "what is right for me...wrong is what is wrong for me". Many say that "truth" is merely what you believe to be true.
However, it is my belief that there is a moral right and wrong, and it is unchanging because it has it's origin in God and He is unchanging.
I know that society likes to modify and change and rename whatever does not suit them, and for the most part...there is nothing that can be done to change that. As long as evil exists in this world through the presence of satan, man will continue to spiral downward...not collectively, but individually. Not all, but definitely those who choose to look to their own hearts and desires to form their specially tailored belief system.
This is a dark world that we live in, IMO. Years ago, people did not lock their doors. Children walked to school without fear of abduction, etc. Role models were not scantily clad teenagers.
Our methods may have changed, but not necessarily our motive. Selfishness, greed, fame, fortune, etc. This is what drives most people. As long as we are a people who primarily want only to serve ourselves and advance our own agenda, we will continue to fall short of the mark. (IMO, based on my christian beliefs)