My parents believed that telling the truth was always better than lying. When I was 7 or 8 years old, I went to local pharmacy with my mother. While she was busy with the pharmacist, I stole some candy. She discovered the candy at home. Mom took me back to the store. I handed the candy back and asked him to forgive me. My mom wanted me to understand that I was accountable for my actions. This moral code was drilled into me. I never wanted to be a liar or a cheat. As I grew up, morals turned into ethics, especially situational ethics. Where you aren’t to blame for lying, cheating or stealing. It was always someone else’s fault. They made me do it or because they were mean to me and I struck back. That is why the murder rate in this country is climbing. It is the highest rate it has ever been. And we are the civilized nation. Morals are what keep people safe and on the right road. When we believe and trust that doing the right thing isn’t because it is convenient. We do it because it is right. It’s funny that I thought that situational ethics was something developed in the last 40 years. But history is replete with stories of people doing what is right in their own eyes. What is really sad is that we are accountable for everything we have done on this earth. And we will stand before God and answer why. But you see it will be too late when you stand before God. It will be too late to repent of your sins. And hell is the only place you can live.
Joseph1637/Crain Blanchard 