(October 17, 2013 at 12:40 am)ronedee Wrote: Sure we can talk about moral matters in life or death situations that we would ALL fight side-by-side for! But what about the little things? The passing little lies, and cheats! The things we all take for granted.
Jesus tells us, "If you are honest in small matters, you will be honest in big matters."
And Jesus more than anything else tells us about the evil of our "sins of omission"...aka "what we fail to do."
Personally, this is a slippery slope for me, and I'm sure for many! Some of these "omissions" are frustratingly in-grained. Only my deep reflections through Jesus' words and guidance am I able to root them out, and remedy them...in some form.
How do you as "singularly moral" people able to avoid the [subtle] occurrences of...well... sin and injustice and lies? Or, is that below the bar of caring?
Definitely "below the bar of caring" for me. I'm not looking to get the blue ribbon for living the life most consistent with a moral code. I'm not keeping score because I place no value in moral consistency. Give my brownie points to someone who wants them. If I act 'morally', that's because I am moral. You can be sure it won't be because I refrained from doing the immoral thing that I really wanted to do.
Morality for its own sake is an odd idea. I don't really understand why anyone would care if how they act is considered moral by anyone else so long as they are acting coherently with what they themselves actually value.
