Comments on: When Moral Laws Collide (4) http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/ On Bioethics and the Defense of Human Life Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dealing With Moral Conflicts « Human Bioethics http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/comment-page-1/#comment-17224 Dealing With Moral Conflicts « Human Bioethics Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:42:50 +0000 http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/#comment-17224 [...] Podcast link [...] [...] Podcast link [...]

]]> By: Hennie Eybers http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5277 Hennie Eybers Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:36:25 +0000 http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/#comment-5277 The Holy Spirit will lead you to the correct answer at that time and whether you lie to the soldiers or not, as long as you do the will of the Lord. His plan is greater than our imagination. Imagine leading your own son to be sacrificed, because the Lord asked you to... The Lord tests our hearts, and our thoughts. His laws are written in our hearts and our minds. The Holy Spirit will lead you to the correct answer at that time and whether you lie to the soldiers or not, as long as you do the will of the Lord. His plan is greater than our imagination. Imagine leading your own son to be sacrificed, because the Lord asked you to…

The Lord tests our hearts, and our thoughts. His laws are written in our hearts and our minds.

]]> By: Fr. Wayne McNamara http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Fr. Wayne McNamara Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:59:22 +0000 http://www.cedarethics.org/2007/01/19/when-moral-laws-collide-4/#comment-21 Every true lie is a child of The Lie: Man may think and act in contradiction to Life Himself, contrary to the Creator's design, and live. He may choke the pathway of true life coming from God and heaven (worshipful obedience) and look to himself, believing there is true life in creation alone. He convinces himself of his own infallible sovereignty; he makes himself a 'god' and manipulates the world and others to create a heaven on earth of his own design. Truth is whatever contradicts this lying, murderous impulse first found in Satan and then in fallen mankind. Truth is what affirms the person, character, and nature of Christ, the Creator. To betray the 'innocent' by accurately representing the facts of a situation is to abet demonically inspired destroyers. It leads to increased wickedness and bloodguiltiness. To misrepresent the facts is to contradict and hopefully prevent wickedness, thwart or even stay the destroyer, and affirm life and the commandment of God. And...in the end, it is an act of love toward those who would kill, destroy, and bear the guilt of those sins. "To lie" (misrepresent the facts) in this situation is really the truth affriming act. It is the only way to speak Truth into the situation (by word and deed). So much to say, so little time. I have said just enough, and that poorly, to get me in trouble. But it is all I have time for. Every true lie is a child of The Lie: Man may think and act in contradiction to Life Himself, contrary to the Creator’s design, and live. He may choke the pathway of true life coming from God and heaven (worshipful obedience) and look to himself, believing there is true life in creation alone. He convinces himself of his own infallible sovereignty; he makes himself a ‘god’ and manipulates the world and others to create a heaven on earth of his own design.

Truth is whatever contradicts this lying, murderous impulse first found in Satan and then in fallen mankind. Truth is what affirms the person, character, and nature of Christ, the Creator.

To betray the ‘innocent’ by accurately representing the facts of a situation is to abet demonically inspired destroyers. It leads to increased wickedness and bloodguiltiness.

To misrepresent the facts is to contradict and hopefully prevent wickedness, thwart or even stay the destroyer, and affirm life and the commandment of God. And…in the end, it is an act of love toward those who would kill, destroy, and bear the guilt of those sins. “To lie” (misrepresent the facts) in this situation is really the truth affriming act. It is the only way to speak Truth into the situation (by word and deed).

So much to say, so little time. I have said just enough, and that poorly, to get me in trouble. But it is all I have time for.

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