ICANT writes:
...Christians should have high morals we should be able to have higher moral standards than anyone else, but that is just not true. We don't because we are human and we still live in this old sinful body we have.
The standards don't change just because the person that is supposed to follow them fails to do so.
If we make the judgement of morals (better or worse) about performance, then there is no way to make a judgement.
If my personal moral standards determined by the code that "Get what I want regardless of the consequences to others", then my performance in relation to those standards would probably be very highly rated. In fact, I would probably follow my stated moral standards all the time. However, I doubt that you would consider my morals "better" than a devout Christian's, despite his occasional failures to meet his moral standards.
Of course one could make the case that everyone always follows their personal moral standard regardless of the moral standards to which they claim adherence. That would place us on level ground with no real better or worse.
From my point of view the only way to judge better or worse morals is to judge the moral standards claimed by each group. But what is the yardstick of judgement? God?..which God? The amount of good affected on other people? Then we need a standard of good.
What is that standard?....Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?
But I want to go to heaven and, according to Paul, I can't go to heaven if I unrepentantly fornicate. So, I should try to enact laws that keep others from unrepentantly fornicating so they can go to heaven.
But you must be a Christian (insert your definition of that here) to go to heaven. I would want to be exposed only to those things that help me be a good Christian despite myself so I think we should remove other influences from the public eye so everyone can become a Christian despite themselves. Wouldn't that be for the greater good?
Really, this life is short...all your pleasures and freedoms in this life SHOULD be forced to be subordinate to the greater good of eternity in heaven.
I can get more absurd if you like.
The point being that we judge the morals of others based upon our own moral standards and our moral standards appear to be, for the most part, formed by the society and family we live with. Perhaps society's standards are the only ones that can act as the yardstick.