I am not an eloquent writer and there are great books and articles written about the topic that I am about to broach but I heard something yesterday and I wanted to share it.
Society today is TOTALLY WARPED
I believe in the 10 commandments.
In order to regulate ANYTHING, you have to have something on which to base your beliefs.
If you have no belief system, then what propels a person to do good?
A person is then driven by what has been labeled a "person's primal instincts."
Sound animalistic?
So sin and other disturbing behaviors are marginalized, rationalized and promoted on the grounds that a person simply CANNOT be asked to control their impulses or behavior.
They have raging hormones, couldn't help themselves, on and on.
If this modern idea is right, than nobody should have to refrain from controlling any primal urge they have.
If you want it, you should steal it.
Animals do.
If it bothers you, you should attack it and possibly kill it.
Animals do.
I am sick and tired of hearing that people, mainly young people, cannot be held accountable and asked to be responsible for their behaviors.
So, I was speaking to a priest yesterday he told a story that completely sums up why this modern idea that we are primal animals incapable of controlling ourselves is completely stupid and irrational.
There was a young lady about 15 who was in a terrible accident. For the rest of her life she was paralyzed from the waist down. Father went to see her before she passed away. She had a guide dog who helped her out. They were talking about this dog and the training that it must go through in order to become a guide dog.
After extensive training the dog and the soon-to-be new master had to go to a very busy mall and perform a long and strenuous test. If the dog failed EVEN ONE THING it was sent back for 6 months of training.
Of course for the woman this guide dog meant freedom and help so the dog failing this test would be very disappointing to say the least.
One part of the test involved . . . . a hamburger.
She had to buy a hamburger, take the bun off and set it right in front of the dog. She could only say "no" one time and see what happened. If the dog so much as sniffed the burger closely, he would fail the test.
We all know DOGS LOVE MEAT. They are designed to eat. The dog has only primal understanding. It doesn't understand the importance of this task. It is not gaining anything personally from denying itself the meat. It must just blindly obey his master because he was told "no" in a kindly voice.
So, she bought the burger, opened it up and laid it in front of the dog.
The dog looked at her with longing eyes . . . . . . . . but didn't even sniff the burger.
HE PASSED THE TEST.
If the dog did not have purpose and direction then naturally it would be running WILD in the wilderness ripping small animals apart.
We are supposed to be civilized people with higher reasoning and intellect. The dog cannot completely grasp the depth and importance of his job but blindly obeys.
We take things on faith and reason. We too should blindly obey and control our "primal instincts and passions". This is what makes us civilized beings. We have a brain and most importantly a soul. We are created in the image and likeness of God by God Himself. He is our loving Master.
If we as a civilization do not have our laws and ethics governed by God Almighty, just what is it based on?
I am not a hypocrite either to expect this line of reasoning.
I understand that we are human and do fail and must go back for more training of the will on a daily basis.
It is because we have souls with a body that we are driven to seek out and perform the duty our Master has created us for in this life.
If we have no Divine Master, then yes, we are reduced to packs of wild beasts.
But if a DOG can be expected to control itself, then we should too.
I pray this day for us all to persevere and the great gift of God's mercy and guiding grace when we do fail.
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