Tag: right

MORAL MAZE

Posted on by Olaf

Morality has been laughed at, spat upon and been the subject of countless TV shows, but why does it even exist in the first place?   It can be defined as good behaviour, conduct or simply as ‘the right thing to do’.  People like to have a view on this but the question is whether it is a Relative thing which changes over time or whether it has an Absolute character.  If it was wrong to steal in the past, we think it is still wrong in the present and that it will be in the future.  Morality applies to big issues like international justice and ‘small’ ones such as telling the truth.  We look for morality in politicians to be worthy of our vote, heroes to be worthy of acclaim and others to be worthy of our trust and yet … we find it hard to honestly review our own morality knowing we often fall short!  Left or right then in the moral maze?  First then, the wider perspective:

  • ‘I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing’ – Damian Lewis

ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS

Posted on by Olaf

Just how much evidence is required for certainty or to reach a conclusion that is beyond doubt?  The modern age stands or falls on the application of scientific methods – hypothesis, theory and law.  When new evidence comes to light, new hypotheses will lead to a questioning of previous assumptions and theories which can even undermine reasoning formerly taken to be factual, sound, solid laws! This is the way bodies of knowledge develop and are passed on to subsequent generations as ‘received fact’.  It means however that many theories are overturned and some taken as fact now will be overturned in the future!  Let’s consider science and faith to see where the evidence points.

RIGHTEOUSNESS from above

Posted on by Olaf

Isaiah spoke of a righteousness that was high above the heavens and prophesied that it would be poured down upon the earth:  ‘You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down.  Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it’ – Isaiah 45:8.  Although he told of a virgin being with child and of a suffering servant-leader, just how we could be declared righteous was unclear.  Over 700 years later, revelation comes with the person of Christ Jesus as to how we can be righteous, now.

Do you see personal righteousness as a lofty ideal beyond the bright blue skies or as a ‘now reality’?