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WestMIguy
Posted 6/8/2022 18:26 (#9696720 - in reply to #9696514)
Subject: RE: Change the heart…..then society will change.


Brown Cow - 6/8/2022 16:53

WestMIguy - 6/8/2022 14:18

You cannot legislate morality.


There are basically 2 kinds of laws:

Traffic laws, like "drive on the right side of the road." The existence of the law is important, but the law could say something else without a problem.

Moral laws, like "don't kill people." Both the existence of the law and the content of the law are important. You absolutely can and must legislate morality, what you cannot legislate (in a modern secular state) is theology.


I agree, moral laws are a necessity. The point I was getting at was I believe we would be safer in a society with a strong moral consensus and few laws than we would be in a society with no moral consensus and many laws. A quick viewing of our nightly news will give many examples of what can happen when a society has no moral consensus. The trouble is to build a moral consensus a society needs an overarching moral law that they all subscribe to. Following God’s law has served us well for 200 years. Now that we turn our back on it everything falls apart.
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