Why or why not? Please use bible references. thanks.
2007-09-21 03:48:13 · 14 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Also, do you believe Marraiges are "from God" just because two people got married in a church, even if they do not (both) believe and maybe one or both is not a Christian?
2007-09-21 03:53:10 · update #1
No.
1.) It would be fighting against what God says is going to happen:
2Timothy 3:13, among others.
2.) Getting involved in politics is not a good thing.
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
3.) Plainly, from the Bible, other people's morality is none of our business as Christians. We need to "take the beam out of our own eye" first before we can even begin to learn how to help others.
2007-09-21 03:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think all laws do. All laws declare one behavior right and one behavior wrong, which is the definition of morality.
When people say morality cannot be legislated, they should be saying that legislation cannot change opininons/beliefs. While this is true, changing opinions and beliefs is not the purpose of laws. Regardless of one's personal convictions, laws encourage a certain behavior by citizens. Legislation cannot be divorced from morality. All laws mandate morality. The question is not then can we legislate morality, but whose morality do we legislate?
The purpose of having laws that prohibit a specific action would not be to convince people that that action is wrong (although it would, eventually, like the laws against slavery, gradually change public opinion), but to protect the civilized co-existence on all fronts of those in a civilization.
2007-09-21 10:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by phrog 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The interesting part of thequestion is 'legislating morality'. Man tends to see currently who,what,when,where, how. God sees why.
The 'laws' may limit things to what are 'seen' (who,what, when, where,how). Mentally, I think of Bathsheba; she had 'consentual sex' apparently with another guy; (king) David. Was she committing adultery (and should be stoned under their law) or was she obeying the king (David)? (Do guys ever 'proposition' gals for sex)?
2007-09-21 11:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO I do not. Simply because not everyone follows the same exact moral code. There are basic principles necessary for a civil society (such as no murder) that should be legislated but when it comes down to other things (sexuality, etc.) people should be free to make their own decisions and the law has no place to interfere.
2007-09-21 10:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
c'mon people.
Governments do this already.
underage sex? hitting your spouse? stealing?
These are all moral issues that there are laws against.
Why are their laws against them? because they are immoral.
One could argue that it is within one's right to do these things, but they are not allowed because of a moral issue.
The only difference is when someone tries to legislate something that you think is "too moral" an issue.
2007-09-21 11:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by Vernacular Catholic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We legislate morality all the time: Murder, rape, theft - those are all matters or morality. The qustion should be: Whose morality are we going to legislate, God's, or the opinion of the masses? I go with God, because the masses can often be wrong.
2007-09-21 10:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I am a lawyer. I have come to believe that the sole purpose of criminal law is to legislate morality. Check out Exodus 24 and following. Moses was only gone 40 days and 40 nights and the Israelites couldn't wait even that long to hear what God told Moses.
2007-09-21 10:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
I think that's terrible anywhere in the world- to legislate morality using religion. Especially in America when we are supposed to have freedom of religion.
One religious group regulating everyone in a country (even though those people aren't all of the same religion) is a scary thought.
2007-09-21 10:54:54 · answer #8 · answered by spike_is_my_evil_vampire 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am Christian and do not believe in legislating morality. Sorry, I cannot provide biblical reference as I like to think for myself and prefer not to regurgitate some else's thoughts.
I do believe in legislating intelligence when people fail to exercise wisdom (i.e. motorcycle helmet laws).
2007-09-21 10:52:35 · answer #9 · answered by anon 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes. As it is written, "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof."
(Also, considering secular humanism was declared by our Supreme Court in 1961 to be a religion, I see no way around legislating morality...the only question is whose morality...God's or man's?)
2007-09-21 10:53:35 · answer #10 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋