As per the author, regarding family planning, morality takes a back-seat to money, power and control. Do you agree?
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Re: As per the author, regarding family planning, morality takes a back-seat to money, power and control. Do you agree?
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You'd have to be so principled to pursue money and still be moral. But money has a way of chipping at your morals one at a time. You never see it coming.crisanja wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 23:35Can one be moral and still pursue money and possessions? Does the pursuit itself lend itself to immorality?JulietBlack wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 06:41 I agree with the author. Morality seem to be losing against money and possession. Most people and society drive value from materialism rather than morality.
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Family planning has been a fight that has been lost for centuries more than birth control has been around. Between abortions, the pull-out method, abstinence, timing around menstrual cycles, and everything else people have come up with over the centuries, those having sex have been fighting to control their potential parenthood sense humanity began.
While it may be against God's will (and, I will admit, I am not an expert as to what the bible has to say regarding birth control), people have been fighting him for millennia. I believe pastors are, rather than abstaining from talking about birth control for financial or power reasons, instead do so in order to focus on battles that they have a better chance of winning.
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No matter how the world changes, many religions put their laws above anything else, theoretically. In practice, it has never actually been like that for most. For example, if I was to follow Jesus completely, I would never hit anybody that hits me, meaning no wars and such. How many people really follow their religious laws or requirements completely? People just take different proportions that they feel they are comfortable practicing, the ones they rationalize they can get away with before the dreaded judgement day.Karunavk wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 02:02 The propagators of the faith are not living in a separate world. They have to live here among their followers, see their sufferings and have to be practical about what they preach. It's not just a capitalistic choice, it's a practical one. The world has finite resources and it has to be shared by all the living beings. Ofcourse change is not easy and it may take the religious leaders a long time to inculcate the newer ideas into their preachings. But if the religion doesn't stay current and change according to the changing times it won't the newer generation won't be able to relate to it.
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I couldn't agree more. Anyway, I think it ends up being harmful to the ambitious person himself. Some people end up ruining themselves because they are sick with no mural scruples of any sort.Yvonne Monique wrote: ↑11 Dec 2020, 02:21 Certainly, nowadays many people make decisions based on power and money, not so much on morality or biblical values. The society in general, globally, becomes more and more egocentric.
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In my experience this is very true.
Humans have a weakness of not practising many things they preach especially when other things they desire are at stake.
You may believe morality is primary, but once money and power come into play, you can somehow convince yourself that it is okay to make morality take a back seat, and it is all for the good.
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Don't you think manpower is one of the most valuable resources a country can have ??Karunavk wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 02:02 The propagators of the faith are not living in a separate world. They have to live here among their followers, see their sufferings and have to be practical about what they preach. It's not just a capitalistic choice, it's a practical one. The world has finite resources and it has to be shared by all the living beings. Ofcourse change is not easy and it may take the religious leaders a long time to inculcate the newer ideas into their preachings. But if the religion doesn't stay current and change according to the changing times it won't the newer generation won't be able to relate to it.
And shouldn't we put the practical choice of using renewable resources instead of finite resources at the top of our priorities ??
I think we are spending our time and money to achieve the wrong goal
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I think it depends on your motivation and your definition of morality. But I do not see pursuing money and possessions as an end in and of themselves to be moral. In fact, I see it as pointless.crisanja wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 23:35Can one be moral and still pursue money and possessions? Does the pursuit itself lend itself to immorality?JulietBlack wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020, 06:41 I agree with the author. Morality seem to be losing against money and possession. Most people and society drive value from materialism rather than morality.
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