The leopard chases the deer and catches him to eat him. A passing lion spots the deer in the leopard's mouth and chases the leopard and steals his deer. The leopard doesn't feel badly about killing and the lion doesn't go home feeling badly about his theft.
Morals are not something every creature is born with. We get our sense of morality from how we were raised, our society, and our religion. The 10 commandments is the foundation list of morals that God gave Jews thousands of years ago. The other nations were considered "heathens" because they engaged in sexual relations without restraint and were loose, wild, and undisciplined in all their ways. They could marry their own little daughter. These nations thought it was good to sacrifice their kids to volcanos and various "gods".
Morals are not something every creature is born with. We get our sense of morality from how we were raised, our society, and our religion. The 10 commandments is the foundation list of morals that God gave Jews thousands of years ago. The other nations were considered "heathens" because they engaged in sexual relations without restraint and were loose, wild, and undisciplined in all their ways. They could marry their own little daughter. These nations thought it was good to sacrifice their kids to volcanos and various "gods".
But God gave Abraham a whole different idea of morality. He said he HATED certain things, like sacrificing children. He forbid them to take their little daughters as wives or to sell them as sex slaves. There's a whole book full of laws that were unique to the descendants of Abraham. The other nations did not have these "morals".
OUR society, from Jews to Muslims, to Christians and many other religions, were all founded on the God of Abraham. Look it up, they are all called "Abrahamic Religions", meaning that they were birthed in the law and commandments given to Abraham.
You may feel that you were "born" with certain morals, but actually you were born into a society of certain morals. You parents and your school, your laws, your neighbors, everything you have ever known or heard has been one set of morals. Just like the food you eat, you might be disgusted to go to another country and eat dog or cat, because in your culture, that would be disgusting.
That is what people mean when they say that God authored our version of morality in this nation and many other nations in this world. Take away God and the bible, and our society would soon slide back into the loose, wild, heathen ways of the nations before Abraham. There would be no measuring stick. There would be nothing to line up to. We would all just decide for ourselves what is right and wrong, and as generations are born, that sense of right and wrong diminishes more and more.
For example, when I was young, being a homosexual was a perverted thing. This generations says it's okay. This generation would probably be disgusted at the idea of beastiality, but the next one may say "if you and your dog love each other, and enjoy having sex, then who is it hurting?!" The next generation will call you "haters" if you don't loosen your views of morality.
There has to be some type of anchor, some sort of lighthouse. If we're not going to use the bible, and the 10 commandments, then what will we use? If we live by the saying "if it feels good, do it", then there is no end to the immorality that will result. Perhaps you personally have a good enough sense of morality, but what about the upcoming generations? Every new generation shocks the previous generation with their lack of morality, respect, and adherence to whatever the former generation deemed important or valuable. They question all authority.
So without any guidelines, we (this nation and the generations that will follow) would just go further and further into darkness.
OUR society, from Jews to Muslims, to Christians and many other religions, were all founded on the God of Abraham. Look it up, they are all called "Abrahamic Religions", meaning that they were birthed in the law and commandments given to Abraham.
You may feel that you were "born" with certain morals, but actually you were born into a society of certain morals. You parents and your school, your laws, your neighbors, everything you have ever known or heard has been one set of morals. Just like the food you eat, you might be disgusted to go to another country and eat dog or cat, because in your culture, that would be disgusting.
That is what people mean when they say that God authored our version of morality in this nation and many other nations in this world. Take away God and the bible, and our society would soon slide back into the loose, wild, heathen ways of the nations before Abraham. There would be no measuring stick. There would be nothing to line up to. We would all just decide for ourselves what is right and wrong, and as generations are born, that sense of right and wrong diminishes more and more.
For example, when I was young, being a homosexual was a perverted thing. This generations says it's okay. This generation would probably be disgusted at the idea of beastiality, but the next one may say "if you and your dog love each other, and enjoy having sex, then who is it hurting?!" The next generation will call you "haters" if you don't loosen your views of morality.
There has to be some type of anchor, some sort of lighthouse. If we're not going to use the bible, and the 10 commandments, then what will we use? If we live by the saying "if it feels good, do it", then there is no end to the immorality that will result. Perhaps you personally have a good enough sense of morality, but what about the upcoming generations? Every new generation shocks the previous generation with their lack of morality, respect, and adherence to whatever the former generation deemed important or valuable. They question all authority.
So without any guidelines, we (this nation and the generations that will follow) would just go further and further into darkness.
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