Using your ‘objective refence point’ doesn’t appear to work either. So many opinions on the difference between right and wrong.
Merriam Webster
Yes… opinions are sure to come (inevitable). What we do with our children’s Baptism and formation is our right, our responsibility, our conviction and our privilege.
But you’ve already acknowledged in numerous discussions in the past that someone’s opinion can be just, plain, wrong.
I wouldn’t focus too much on the terminology.
Shown are brands applied at birth: fish, cross, crescent, Star of David, pentacle. The implication from the script is that the children are prevented from developing their own.
Yep.
This observation supports the point I am making.
I don’t claim to be a “moral person”. No Christian worthy of the word would claim “moral” for him/herself, as if goodness itself resided in us. Morality is not * the arrival point*, it points the way to the good.
These questions are more than simple, they are profoundly simple. Because God is so profoundly simple, the challenging answers are frequently out of our reach, because human beings complicate things with our selves.
Children (those under the age of reason) really don’t choose anything on their own. Parents have a privilege and responsibility to introduce and influence their children to the values and virtues of life. Those who oppose Christianity, do not value Christianity as from above, but consider it from man’s mind and ambition. They think that all religions and faith comes from our own human nature and imagination.
Yes and the odd thing about Bradski is that he chose to raise his children by sending them to Catholic school, yet is an adamant atheist! Talk about giving your kids a mixed message!
Unlike some, I am not inclined to have my children believe what I believe. I prefer them to have as much information as possible so that they can decide themselves.Yes and the odd thing about Bradski is that he chose to raise his children by sending them to Catholic school, yet is an adamant atheist! Talk about giving your kids a mixed message!
So, keeping this profoundly simple, you cannot tell wrong from right. Or at least, what you describe as being wrong or right is only your opinion. Well, apart from what you might find in scripture (which you will cherry pick) or the catechism.This observation supports the point I am making.
Opinions are not an objective reference point, they are opinions. I know you know the difference.
I don’t claim to be a “moral person”. No Christian worthy of the word would claim “moral” for him/herself, as if goodness itself resided in us. Morality is not * the arrival point*, it points the way to the good.
Scripture expresses this journey as “only God is good”. All others are on the way. We are evaluating life in reference to God. We do it imperfectly. There exists an objective reference point, and, life is still messy. The two are coexisting. There are competing versions of the destination.
When we claim to pursue morality in reference to the good, we are not claiming to possess it. If we possessed God, we would be God, right? We are not God, we are seeking God.
What “morality” means for a Christian is this:
“I am willing to admit that an object good exists and submit myself to it. My thoughts, feelings, urges, opinions, reason, are all subject to the good (God).”
This is the only way a true moral evaluation can be made. You can’t make an evaluation when the goal post is moving side to side, eh? Or if you won’t even admit a goalpost exists. If you admit a goalpost exists, then there cannot be two goalposts, eh?
These questions are more than simple, they are profoundly simple. Because God is so profoundly simple, the challenging answers are frequently out of our reach, because human beings complicate things with our selves.
You’ve said this before so what’s the point?
Information? Obviously, we cant give them a solid formation and practice in all religions. We have to choose one to dedicate them into. And it’s natural that we provide the one that we are convicted in.
Truly:
The whole point of making an evaluation is that we can know the objective truth. We can have an objective reference point. If not, there is no such thing as moral evaluation.
“Ethics” is meaningless without a standard. That is what subjective opinion is.Until they are adults and living on their own (and relatively forever after). I will do my best to receive them with all my mind, heart and soul into the life I have in Jesus! How can I do otherwise? They are under my care, jurisdiction, rule and house. They are human, and humans need God in their mind, heart and soul!
I really don’t think it is possible to hide your beliefs from your children.
No one can avoid passing their values on to their children, but it has to be a two-way street:
Your post shows my point perfectly. You sound horrified that anyone would ask if you approve of honor killings. But then later you admit there is no objective right or wrong. So you’ve proven my point. In the atheist worldview, there is no objective right or wrong, and any type of evil is just a matter of opinion.
I don’t know of any Catholic who thinks they have it right all the time. The Christian faith is 100% truth tho.
Precisely.