Can You Tell Right From Wrong?

[goodlife]

Of course I do,’ you might say. Yet today’s rapidly deteriorating moral standards indicate it is not so.

[-Talbot-]

TWR
HGV drivers have to read people's mind at times Dave they are not all mind readers


Wow...what percentage of them are?

[Baldric]

'morning Bill

[1ozzy]

If you had ever been behind the drivers wheel of one Talbot you wouldn't be asking.

[-Talbot-]

Lorry drivers are more than capable of being idiots (had one yesterday)

Morning Ben.

[1ozzy]

And you have never come across an idiot in a car or on two wheels or legs.

Yeah right Bill, back to your flower pot ;-)

[-Talbot-]

Of course I have...but I'm no defending them or putting them on some sort of pedestal.

[-Talbot-]

Back to the question...who are you aiming it at, goodlife?


goodlife
Yet today’s rapidly deteriorating moral standards indicate it is not so.

One example...
I don't think Hitler and his band of merry men would have approached the migrant crisis (what crisis) the same way as Angela Merkel.

[beso]

I see moral standards constantly improving. Since the main improvements in moral standards are contrary to the bigoted prejudices of the Bible I can understand how you would be suffering the illusion of a decline.

Homosexual people are rapidly gaining their human rights instead of being considered illegal under Biblically inspired laws.

People who live together without being married are no long considered "sinful".

Women have equal rights to opportunities contrary to the primitive Biblical edict of their inferior worth.

Children are now treated as people instead of possessions of their parents as taught in the Bible. They are no longer "born sinners". Society is finally dealing with child abuse starting with the abuses of the "men in cloth" of the churches who have perpetrated such indecency.

The further we get away from the whole idea of "holy books" and gods the better our morality becomes.

[naomi24]

Goodlife, who are you talking about and whose moral compass are you using?

[atalanta]

Even the ancient greeks and romans bewailed the deterioration of moral standards. For every moraliser, there used to be a golden age, and they want to get back to it.Usually this golden age existed somewhere around their early childhood, or just before.
It's a myth.

[goodlife]

What is the root of the trouble? Will merely prosecuting terrorists reach and correct it?

[trt]

I thought this might be you goodlife, when I saw the question, so leaving the room now, before I fall asleep.

[Khandro]

I don't believe there is such a thing as objective free-standing right or wrong, context and motivation is everything, or as is said in Ecclesiastes 3:1 ;
To Everything There is a Season and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

[naomi24]

Did you break into song there, Khandro?

[goodlife]

Khandro
King Solomon spoke of 28 different things, each of which has its “appointed time.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) An understanding of the meaning and implications of what Solomon said will help you to determine the right time and the wrong time for certain actions, as viewed by God. (Hebrews 5:14) That, in turn, will allow you to pattern your life accordingly

[DTCwordfan]

well obviously you can't, goodlife....you continually think that you are right about a God existing but you are actually wrong.

[DTCwordfan]

C&P warning, khandro.....there are plenty of sites with what goodlife has posted to you, for example, http://www.answerway.com/viewans.php?pgtitle=Christianity&expid=drgade&category=633&msection=0&quesid=54364&ansid=247992

[anaxcrosswords]

So god tells us there’s a time to kill, to hate, and for war?
I’ll stick to my own morality, thanks. "Today's rapidly deteriorating moral standards" seem not to be a new thing; in fact it looks like god started it.

[scorpiojo]

Hebrews 5:14New International Version (NIV)

14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

[Khandro]

naomi, No, spoken, but con affettuoso :0)