{"id":6103,"date":"2020-01-11T06:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T11:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2020-01-11T06:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T11:52:56","slug":"morality-who-thought-that-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/morality-who-thought-that-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Morality. Who thought that up?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(This is a lesson I gave to a class of high school Juniors.\nSee what you think.)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look around you at all the objects we use every day.\nThey all have a purpose. The pen you have in your pock-\net is for writing or drawing. The bowl in the kitchen is\nthere to hold your cereal. Your shoes are there to comfort\nyour walking. You get it.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a \u201cpurpose principle\u201d that applies throughout the\nworld of nature. The eye was made \u201cto see\u201d, the ear to\nhear, the hand to hold something. Things work well\nwhen they are used in the way the maker had in mind for\nthem.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When used for other purposes the results are not so happy. Ever put your ear buds up your nose? You won\u2019t hear the music and it can be painful !. No, things generally have a proper place and a proper use – – – That\u2019s why they were made in the first place! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And guess what? It\u2019s the same with you. You were made for a purpose. It\u2019s the reason you are alive and living in this world. You have no wings to fly, no gills to swim the waters. What are humans equipped to do that no other creature or object can duplicate? What were you made to do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well you\u2019re doing one of your purposes right this second! You\u2019re trying to learn something. Humans can learn and understand how things really are. The human mind is the greatest masterpiece of nature unlike anything found anywhere in the universe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second human miracle you performed happened this\nmorning. You kissed someone goodbye (mom, dad,\nbrother, sister) . . . OR . <\/strong>. . later today you\u2019ll call some-\none to tell them YOU LOVE THEM.\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the two great gifts God has given us to make\nus human. The Power to know and to love. These two\nabilities belong to Our Nature and make us different\nfrom the rest of creation. They make us PERSONS.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can I use my powers of knowing and loving in the way for which they were made? There\u2019s all kinds of stuff out there to learn about. Some of it is fun and interesting. Some of it is dark and nasty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should I put in my brain that leads me to proper\nknowing and loving? What should I keep away from? The\nanswers to these questions make up a body of knowledge\nwe call MORALITY.\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God made the human being something like God Himself.\nWith our reason we are hardwired to seek what is true.\nWith the power of judgement we can discern what is good\nand what is evil.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the human race has experienced a confusion\nand a clouding of human judgement (original sin). Along\nwith a knowledge of what is true we also experience a\nselfish pull (temptation) toward whatever pleases me at\nthe moment.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reason and judgement must be properly guided if they\nare to function as God intended. Here are the guiding\nmoral principles God gives us in determining right from\nwrong.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n