morality

Is it a sin to listen to secular classical music?

Good afternoon. For some time I have started to feel that even small things are sins, for example, if I talk to a female user I start to feel like I am sinning (Lust). It's not only related to lust, I have the same fears when watching youtube (I may support evil content) and when I want to buy...

If there was a person who was going to blaspheme the Holy Ghost ONLY if you told exactly how to commit this sin, would you still tell them how to do it? What exactly would be your response to this question? What exactly would you do in this scenario?

The erasure of our loving God who sets the parameters for our behaviour Though it's never expressed as a stated belief or understood as such, our culture on a most fundamental level in it’s zeitgeist understands the erasure of a justification for moral actions. As seen with how marriages are...

First of all I use the term *secular* lightly here as it's the only way in my pea size brain to encompass all worldviews that deny a transcendent source for morality or moral truths. So if it doesn't comport 1:1 please forgive me. Now to the post :). If the acceptability of your moral actions...

Hey guys so back in July I came on here to get advice and help as I felt convicted because I modified software that I got from ebay and used illegal files to make it run and not have to activate it as photoshop cs3 servers have been taken down as of years ago. Well after seeing the responses I...

Seems incompatible given that they have no physical properties

There are two inevitable things that I know in Life for certain. 1. God is real. 2. I am not him. In the U.S., under the Constitution, people can believe however they wish to believe, and I respect that right, because we all have to choose, if we believe or not in life. To me, God is the...

This development makes me extremely sad: CANADA: New gender blessings for trial use | VirtueOnline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism As I see it, not only is this horrible liturgical theology, but also horrible moral theology, and represents a spectacular failure on the part of the...

I'm sorry that this is rather short. I believe that modern Christians are called to a higher level of moral accountability as a result of our relative privilege. Christianity is now a major social, political and religious force in the world. We thus have to wrestle morally with the consequences...

I'm a little confused by society's blithe dismissal of animal rights. Animals clearly have an inner life.Their experience encompasses a huge range of subtle emotions. There are some scientists who believe that higher animals are capable of spiritual experience. The animals we commonly eat...

In the history of holy wars of Christianity one stands out as the most successful, with the greatest consequences and results. The Reconquista not only expelled Islamic influence from Spain and in the process, all of western Europe, it laid the foundation of the future Christian Kingdoms which...

For those of you who don’t know, leaders in the UMC have been planning a schism as a way around the traditionalist coalition of nearly all African, and a plurality American parishes that adhere to Biblical Christian doctrine on human sexuality, and which at every General Conference since 1972...

Hello! Does Deuteronomy 22 teach that we should help stray animals find their owners, even when we don't know the owners? Here's the passage in question (emphasis mine): If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner. 2 If they...

Hi all. I'd like to hear what others think about this topic as it's something I think is regularly misunderstood or overlooked, especially when it comes to something like self-defense. Here's the verses in question from Matthew 5: It looks like Jesus' main concern here is the hatred that...

In 1998, the Southern Baptist Convention introduced a resolution on the character of public officials. And one of the clauses in that resolution said that tolerance of serious wrong by public officials sears the conscience of a culture, it spawns immorality and surely will result in God’s...

A new Pew Research poll reveals the fast-changing attitudes of what it means to be good. Younger Americans have a much higher percentage: Only 27% of people ages 18-29 link godliness and goodness. Another interesting finding is that those with more education are less likely to see belief...

Usually we hear about a person confessing belief on their deathbed. But, imagine a non-believer at the bed of their mother who is a believer. She emotionally suffers because her son is not saved. He could make a false confession of faith before she dies and limit her emotional suffering by...

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen the following movie and might like to, then please know that this little clip will 'spoil' it for you, and you may want to refrain from reading the rest of this post and watching the clip. Thanks! In the following clip from the movie, Star Trek VI: The...

NO, there's not going to be an extended lead-in. Just read the brief article I'm posting below (...it's like 3 minutes reading time, or less) about how the mafia in Italy is helping the poor and disenfranchised .... and then, if you think you're an agent of moral deliberation, tell me how well...