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We face moral issues everyday What are some examples? Why is it important to make moral decisions? Child: relied on parents, teachers, or others we trusted Obedience Young adult: more freedom to make own decisions May realize that parents and teachers are not free of mistakes How people ought to behave Choosing to do the “good” and not the “bad” How is this different from psychology/sociology? Who should be concerned with morality? Moral: that which is good Immoral: that which is bad Amoral: morally neutral Moral decision: a decision when the results might be good or bad for someone As Christians God has given us what is the good and what is not What God makes is perfect, no need to change? Man is imperfect so what is made is imperfect Examples: slavery Is wearing a uniform good or right? Is stealing bad or wrong? We are going to use good and bad to refer to God’s Commandments (moral) Right and wrong to refer to rules and laws made by humans Moral/Immoral Good/Bad Legal/Illegal Right/Wrong Who Decides? God Society/Man Why? Loves us Order/Protect Examples Life, true love, honesty, justice, human dignity, equality, mercy, compassion, forgiveness Speed limit, uniforms, chewing gum Called Principles, values, absolutes Rules, Laws Can they change? No Yes All people are good. Good people do bad things. We may do bad things… Judge actions not people All good things are also right All right things are not also good All people are good Why do we have such a problem seeing others and sometimes ourselves as good? Do we think that we, or especially others are not good? Why do we want to prove that others are bad? Why do people today not want us to say their action is bad? Read your scripture passage silently, listening for words or phrases that strike you. Read it again out loud with your group. Share your words or phrases. What does your passage mean to you? What does your passage say about truth? What is one thing you know to be absolutely true? Why does our culture ha