Thursday, May 6, 2010

Of Controversies: Right and Wrong.

Here we are in 21st Century. We have gone through and learned from
history. There are laws defining what is right and also what is wrong.
Clearly some wrongs have been done in certain circumstances and been
found to be good. There are evidences of these all over the world all
through out history. There have been a lot violencies of angry people
convinced that a wrong they are fighting for is good. There have also
been a lot of violencies of people fighting for themselves against a
wrong being done on them by some people who either do the wrong
thinking that it is good or do the wrong selfishly. What's to do?

I was going through my life I found that there was a time I knew a
right and a wrong. I found that I was able to speak much about the
right I knew than a wrong I knew. If I had a way out on the wrong, I
would be able to avoid it. But in my mind this wrong could be done for
there is no other way. It became a necessity. With time I saw there
were other better ways it could have been done. I began to regret. But
I understood the mind of a lawyer who would be found bending the law
to meet his end. The Art of War encourages to capitalise on the other
person's weaknesses. While it solves my problem, I have done wrong to
my collegue if the problem I solve for myself did harm to him and he
was the innocent one. My responsibility was to still not do the wrong
against him.

A person meaning to do right, would not do wrong unless he is
convinced that what he is doing is right. A person who has done wrong
might have done wrong knowing what he was doing was wrong but
convinced himself he had a necessary reason; he might have done the
wrong not knowing; or might have known he was doing wrong and he meant
to do it any way. Of these people would forgive the first two after
having understood their situation. A person defending himself is doing
so to save himself. It might be from punishment that is to follow for
the wrong he has done with him still thinking he is innocent, or with
him having understood that he was wrong and so ask forgiveness, or
because he knew he was wrong in the first place and has been caught to
as long as he can survive. In many cases the one asking forgiveness,
would get lighter punishment than the one who is admant in
selfrightoousness. The last would use any of the two ways in which the
former would react to gain sympathy to avoid punishment.

Here is world so learned in the psychology of man. Education awards
high marks for applying the learned ideas well. And in a way it has
taught us it is good to apply classroom ideas even though they might
have bad effects on other human beings. Marketing, Business
Administration, Maximising profit, Good business ideas.

First Merchant Bank has given loans to farmers to give back after the
tobacco sales. I can see many farmers crying foul in the end. A good
business idea, capitalizing on the farmers weakness. They advise well
as though you will have no problem but how painful when they tell you
in the face the things you did not know and even tell you: This is
business my friend as if it is good to do the "business" they have on
me.

Responsibility, do not do this. Don't capitalize on other people's
weaknesses and do them wrong.

Politicians world over have used these controversies here and there to
find their way up in politics. Many people have found themselves in
conflicts over and over again after have be infuriated by a political
agenda. The media is in the same situation. People react to what they
hear and they would believe somebody a bad person because a fellow
politician has said so. It is always too late when they come back to
their senses and understand the said bad person and really too late to
make amends.

The Democratic government as it has been put forward with its
mechanisms much of which really treats human beings at animal level(as
though human beings can't understand and make better decisions) has
brought much of the problems. While democracy might have been
understood in the way it is presented, the reality of the practice
might be very far from the way it is presented.

The birth of the United States talks about people coming together from
all over to a new land with a purpose to leave behind the problems
they have left at home. They found the law of God as the best to
follow in establishing a government and based the constitution of the
word of God the Bible. Is it possible to follow somebody's laws
without really following him?

This government encouraged fairness at all levels as the Bible defines
it. According to its characteristics this government seems to have
been closer in its ways to the greek government which was called
democracy. We then named this new found government democracy. So many
studied the greek government and forgot the foundations of this new
government. Some of the ways of the greek government had flaws which
could be the reason why it failed and was once again replaced by one
man led government.

This new government which was found to be fair was presented and
understood to be based on the greek foundations. So others
implementing similar governments to this new found government
implement it basing on a wrong foundation. Can these other governments
stand?

America still stands strong. Its principles are the same embedded in
the peoples hearts for they understand what they have but have not
explanation how they had it. Basing on the similarities of its ways to
the previous government, they think that's what they have. But because
its not, they do not have the problems other governments have.

The law of God teaches love at all cost. Love your neighbour as
yourself. If you loved your neibour you would not steal their wife or
car or anything theirs you would do no harm on them. If you love your
woman you wouldn't rape her. Or cheat on her. You wouldn't want to do
to them what would hurt you. The book of Romans has put in a better
way what I want to say from Romans 12 verse 9 to Romans 13 about a
man's relationship to neighbours, and government. Read more discover
yourself much more the treasures in the word that you would appriciate
and find helpful.

Do we leave out the creator of this perfect law? Science has required
proof of His existance. God has proved his existance in many ways for
those who have accepted him. Does he not seek and you will find? Does
he not say He has put us in the lands or situations we leave so that
we might seek him and find him? He challenges you to seek him and you
will find him. The Bible defines faith in Hebrews Chapter 11. Faith is
the substance of things hoped for. Faith is the evidence of things
unseen. If there was no substance of those things it would be mere
hope. But there is substance. If there was no evidence of thing not
seen there would be no faith.

Does Science want proof that not all of its ways are based on
evidence? For a student to believe a teacher of the things he has not
understood he believes they are true on the trust that the teacher
knows more than he himself. How many mathematical proofs even today
are based on how so and so proved them? For the first voyager to go
out to sea and around the world which has become the evidence that the
world is round and not flat it had to take a step of faith(courage
based on the evidence he has which many don't have). Its only when he
had gone round the world did many believe the truth that all the
people(now called great scientists) said about the word being round
and not flat. The church was among those who did not believe but they
were many more who didn't outside the church and included scientists.
The thing is if a there is a truth. It will be found out however one
tries to bend it and it does not depend on an individual opinion for
even if the church can not know all truths but as much God has
revealed.

This law though very perfect God admits bitterly nobody understands.
They have all sinned. All of them. Paul says in Romans I try to do
good but I end up doing wrong. So without God we fail to live by this
perfect law.
God has provided His Son and The Holy Spirit to teach us His ways.
Those that seek him they find Him.

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Accept The Challenge God Will Guide.