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Category Archives: morals
Guilty pleasures release the g-word in your life
When you’re behaving badly, you’re buying tickets for lots of future guilt trips. Guilty pleasures release the g-word in your life Guilt is not the source of your moral pain. Your unethical thoughts and behaviors are. Guilt is like speed bumps. … Continue reading
Posted in clear conscience, ethical decision making, how to overcome guilt, human conscience, immorality, moral character, moral choices, moral decision, moral failure, moral judgment, moral principles, moral relativism, moral restraints, moral standards, morals, overcome guilt, Uncategorized, universal moral principles, universal morality, voice of conscience, what is conscience
Tagged conscience, ethics, guilt, guilty conscience, guilty pleasures, morality, sharme
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I heard the word “nefarious” & found Erwin (DNA-man) Chargaff’s insights
Nefarious! The world situation today is precarious (dangerous), contrarious (perverse), and vagarious (erratic) because popular culture has become nefarious! The word nefarious popped into my mind yesterday but I didn’t know what it meant. I looked it up this morning … Continue reading
Posted in conscience, evil, family values, historic moral standards, moral character, moral failure, moral foundations, moral laws, moral principles, morality, morals, natural laws, right and wrong, scientific debate, scientific theory, Uncategorized
Tagged DNA, Erwin Chargaff, ethics, moral decline, nefarious definition, quotes, science, western civilization, why mass shootings
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Should cat owners have the right to chose to declaw?
(Some of the comments on this post have made me wonder: If cat fetuses were declawed in their mother’s womb, would that make the act less cruel and barbaric?) Should declawing cats be illegal? A cat owner’s right to choose is under attack … Continue reading
Posted in a woman's right to choose, adopting cats, anti-abortion, Bernie Sanders, cat owners, cats, choice, ethical decision making, ethics, Hillary Clinton, immorality, kittens, moral choices, moral decision, moral failure, moral foundations, moral laws, moral principles, moral relativism, moral restraints, morality, morals, people and cats, PETA, prenatal, prenatal rights, prolife prochoice, right and wrong, right to abortion, right to life, Uncategorized, womb, women's rights
Tagged abortion, animal rights, declawing cats, NPR, pets, prenatal care, prochoice, prolife, right to choose
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Do Those Who Boast The Most About “Tolerance” Judge?
Nowadays many of the people who boast the most about their tolerance, harshly judge the Book that has inspired the best and most compassionate aspects of Western civilization and harshly judge the people who believe the moral truths taught in … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Biblical concept, biblical morality, Biblical principles, faith-based, family values, judgments, moral foundations, moral judgment, moral principles, morality, morals, quotation, quote, values
Tagged ethics, getting along, hypocrisy, judging, religion, spirituality, tolerance, western civilization
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Bold Christian Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. (For MLK Day)
“We need to pledge ourselves anew to the cause of Christ. We must capture the spirit of the early church. Wherever the early Christians went, they made a triumphant witness for Christ. Whether on the village streets or in the … Continue reading
Posted in Almighty God, Christ, disease of fear, early Christians, early church, evil, fear, God, God is able, gods, Gospel, holiday, holidays, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jr., Martin Luther King Day, MLK Day, MLK quotes, moral foundations, moral laws, moral leaders, moral principles, moral reformer, moral restraints, morality, morals, Nashville, nonconformists, quotation, Quotations, quote, rare form of Christianity, relativism, Salvation Army, Salvation Army church, Savior, self-worth, sermon, servants, sin, spiritual, spiritual awakening, spiritual movement, spiritual transformation, The Movement
Tagged Christianity, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, MLK, quotes
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When a culture continually casts God’s commandments into denial river, it causes confusion, conflict, and eventual collapse.
Posted in commandments, commands, conflict, confusion, cultural taboos, culture, deceipt, deception, ethics, God's commandments, judging, judgment, judgments, laws, moral, moral failure, moral failures, moral foundations, moral laws, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, morals, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, values
Tagged denial, moral standards, religion, society, Ten Commandments
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Perhaps the “new normal” is nothing but, surrendering to the same old self-focus the Bible says is sin.
Posted in Bible, buzz words, cliches, corrupt culture, holiness, moral decision, moral failure, moral failures, moral foundations, moral judgment, moral laws, moral leaders, moral principles, moral restraints, morals, peer pressure, performance, purity, religion, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, righteousness, surrender
Tagged ethics, moral standards, morality, sin, the new normal, values
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Deciding What To Do With Desires
Most people would agree that some human desires should be resisted (the desire to commit suicide, for instance). However, how do you decide which human desires to obey and which to resist? Here are some questions to ask: Is the … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, approval, character, compliance, compromise, compulsion, contemporary society, cravings, debate, deceipt, decision-making, discipline, disrespect, family values, harmful habit, harmful thinking, holiness, Jesus, Jesus Christ, moral decision, moral failure, moral foundations, moral judgment, moral laws, moral leaders, moral principles, moral restraints, morals, New Testament, purity, respect, respect for life, results, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, righteousness, selfish desires, selfishness, society, suicide, virtues, world religions
Tagged conscience, ethics, making decisions, moral choices, morality, religion, values
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Enticements or Ethics / Cravings or Conscience / Passions or Principles
We live in a society that is big on enticements to follow and obey our desires, but little on ethical living — big on obeying cravings but little on following our conscience — big on surrendering to self-destructive passions, but … Continue reading
Posted in bondage, confession of sin, conpulsions, cravings, enticements, evil, moral failure, moral foundations, moral judgment, moral laws, moral reformer, moral restraints, morals, peace, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, righteousness, self-control, self-discipline, self-help, self-respect, self-restraint, sexual purity, sin
Tagged America, conscience, ethics, lifestyle, morality, self-control
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