Lula posts: Yes, of course the rules (or laws) from the spiritual realm apply to our material/physical thoughts, words and actions. We can't get away from it even if we try. These rules are called the Natural or Moral Law which is written in our heart. The sense of moral obligation confirms these rules. In every one of us there is a sense of right and wrong. A man knows interiorly when he is doing wrong. Something rebukes his conduct. He knows that he is going against an inward voice. It's the voice of conscience, a law we did not make and which no man could have made for this voice protests whether other men know our conduct or not. This voice is often quite against what we wish to do, warning us beforehand condemning us after its violation. The law dictated by this voice of conscience supposes a Lawgiver who has written His Law in our hearts.
Now, apply that to the coming updated video game and the issue and choice of either condoning or condemning homosexuality and exposing that to children.
Morality is a subjective aspect of the human psyche.
Morality is that quality of an act which characterizes it as right or wrong, good or bad.
There no moral absolutes in humanity.
If, as you say, there are no moral absolutes then does this mean we cannot say what Hitler did was "wrong"? If there are no moral absolutes, how can we argue that the morals of a group like Habitat for Humanity is any better than the morals of a group like the drug cartel?
When we make these judgments we are indeed appealing to a standard of morality that exists independent of those..I would say..above them. God provides the source for morality as well as the standard for the moral law in the universe He created.
In fact, some people have totally thrown out the idea of right and wrong in favor of more pragmatic terminology. I
I have never heard of any legitimate claims of innate morality.
I bet you have you just don't know it.
In philosophy it's called the Natural Law engraved or written by God in our heart. Our "innate morality" or "moral sense" is a law that is implicit in the very nature of things. It's applied exclusively to man and a rule of conduct that proceeds from human nature as rational. For St.Thomas Aquinas, "natural law is nothing other than the participation of eternal law in rational creatures." Aquinas conceives it as the imprint of God's providential plan on man's natural reason."
The historical evolution of NL may be traced as far back as the pagan period corresponding to the Greco-Roman world. The origin of a natural law doctrine, if you will, is first found among the Greek poets and historians. Sophicles 497-406 BC., Thucydides, and Xenophon presented a concept of a natural law that is divine, universal and known to all. Plato elucidated on this doctrine and his student Aristotle clarified the distinction between natural law and law that is humanly enacted.
NL reached it's highest development within Stoicism founded by Zeno of Citium. After Rome conquered Greece, natural law began to infiltrate into the Roman World by Cicero. For Cicero, NL is the highest reason transending space and time. It is eternal and unchangeable from one place to another. It commands what is to be done and forbids what is to be avoided. It precedes written law and the State.
Christ came and Christianity flourished. St.Paul of the Apostles wrote that the NL is inscribed in the hearts of all men even though all do not have the law of Sinai (Moses). Romans 2: 12-16. The Fathers of the Church, St. Augustine, St. Chrysostendom, etc. taught the NL is promulgated through man's conscience which supplies the basis of human law. Then came the Thomistic concept which I've already noted.
There is also evidence of a universal natural law binding on man in Oriental literature, long before the rise of philosophy in the West.
If morality was innate, you might have a point, but really you are just trying to spread your brand of morality on the assumption that children need special protection from homosexual content.
Yes, my "brand of morality" as well as my conscience convinces me children need special protection from homosexual content.
One of the article comments asks: "Will the game tell the dark side of homosexuality?" Since the body parts don't fit, the only life that is produced is bacteriological which causes anal cancers, HIV, AIDS, syphilis, and STD's galore.
I guess if there were any other parents on this forum that also wanted to make sure their children thought exactly what they did, your presence here would be slightly welcome. As it stands, you seem to barking up the wrong tree.
Again, all I've done is provide some info about the new updated Star Wars game.
