Part I - response to Elisabeth Part II - response to Bosco Response to Bosco regarding "unanswered questions" will be another post.
Why does a society develop "cultural and social norms" at the given time? Irrespective of which society and religion developed these norms, they were developed to meet a perceived need, the lack of which was harmful to the society. And the fact these norms have endured generations, to me suggest, the norms have passed "the test of time". This is more proof positive of their value, than some modern theoretical constructs. Today's theorists and liberals come up with new ways of doing things. These new ways (cultural practices) don’t even survive a couple of decades, because these norms cause major problem of their own. Yet instead of admitting their failure, the "very intelligent" academics and social thinkers, go down the same path to create more solutions / problems to solve our immediate needs. Of course they get paid to do so. The best examples are the EASY - divorce, abortion and sexual mores in modern society. These social issues have created more problems than solved. Yet, let's not tell that to the liberal, sophisticated, academic do-gooders. In the medical field, instead of encouraging families to take care of their terminally ill relatives, the experts today are trying to develop a new system to care for the dying. Partly its because today's moral codes do not think that (the family caring for their terminally ill) is important. Of course the individuals coming-up with the system are getting paid for the system they develop; while society has to work harder (two-earner families) to pay those taxes for the "new system". Taxes from two-earner families are not enough for all these social services. So in the west, we are borrowing from our children and grandchildren creating a "National Debt". Moral, Religious, Civil and Criminal codes do not codify the normal things of our human nature - i.e. eat, sleep etc. It codifies its abuse, as we could / do abuse a good thing. Man's thought-process has a selfish, biological, emotional response, especially when it comes to survival, threats, "the chips are down" and a desire to be self-centered. Left to their own-self, an individual human will create their own "rules" and "codes" to suit their personal self with the "might is right" philosophy. This even applies to intelligent men and women. That's why the framers of the US Constitution wanted a three-party balance of power. In Europe, they got rid or severely restrained the King / Queen. This was the alpha male and alpha female who abused their status for immediate-personal-selfish reasons. Communism and Nazism found the need to indoctrinate its masses on its own version of "moral codes" which suited those in power. Kind Regards, GL ----------------- Bosco D'Mello wrote: > The ping-pong on this thread may leave some of us cross-eyed. > I like to raise a few focused queries. Mario/Gilbert - What are these "rock > solid Christian moral codes" that you two are trying to defend? Could you > both kindly list them. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
