Or do you need a book to tell you?
2007-12-23 22:34:21 · 23 answers · asked by Lancaid 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I do and my own sense of good and bad and that tells me all the universe
and its precise order is not possible without a God who created it. And no most people don't learn that from book, they just learn it by looking things around them.
2007-12-23 22:40:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ahmad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not your own sense, but you do have a God given conscience which will lead you to know what is right and wrong, but it can be conditioned through misuse.
Romans 2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
2007-12-23 22:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need something to tell you. What is it and what authority does it have over you?
What moral authority does a "sense" have to obligate you to obey? In those cases where a moral decision involves a significant sacrifice on our part, we would be fools to blindly obey some sense without knowing the source and authority of that sense.
The Bible doesn't need to tell us right from wrong, we already know that. The Bible outlines the authority of God and our obligation to respect that authority. Otherwise, our so-called sense of right and wrong is just a game where we make the rules, judge ourselves and change the rules as needed so that we always win. That is why even criminals plotting their next crime think of themselves as basically good (moral).
2007-12-23 22:38:39 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Although God establishes right from wrong, people do tend to bend the truth to make the real right and wrong to benefit themselves. This is what is refered to as self righteous. And in reality, you're still wrong. God will not lower His standards for us although He will come down to see about us.
2007-12-23 22:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by use 2 b lost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have found great wisdom through authors sharing their philosophies about life, through the characters they create.
A book is generally a good place to seek wisdom, especially law books, when it comes to right and wrong.
2007-12-23 22:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No-one uses the Bible to tell right from wrong. They use it to justify the decisions they've made themselves.
For one of many pieces of evidence, notice how many Christians here cite the Ten Commandments, but come here to this forum for no apparent reason other than to persistently bear false witness against their neighbors.
2007-12-23 22:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and obviously there are some that have "The Book" and still cant get it right!
2007-12-23 22:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by Seeno†es™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup. books and the way you were brought up are just influences on how you'll decide if something is right or wrong.
2007-12-23 22:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by 1x1 pic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right and wrong do no exist in an absolute sense, the best we can achieve is moral relativism.
2007-12-23 22:38:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
My own sense
2007-12-23 22:39:51 · answer #10 · answered by Primrose 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋