Right or Wrong

Prompts: Right or Wrong

Godly Right or Inherently Wrong

As a child I was raised in a Christian home, around Christian relatives were my siblings and I were taught that according to 1 Peter 1:15 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation(living)”. Holy means to live according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system.
I try to live my life as much as possible according to the word of God, so I would like to think or believe that I am a moral absolutist. I believe in the 10 commandments and try to abide by them. I also believe in the Golden Rule that was instilled within me as a child which states that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
I was raised to know the difference between right and wrong. Some people would say that it is right to allow a lie to be spoken if it is going to allow peace instead of war. Every one needs to adhere to some type of “code of conduct” for their life because if not, the world would be in more chaos than what it is in at the present moment. As a veteran of “Operation Iraqi Freedom”, I think about what the American people were told concerning weapons of mass destruction. This “lie” as some would consider it to be, has caused a lot of unnecessary deaths and sadness for many families both in America and overseas.
When I consider the other side of life, in many instances or situations I might have played the role of a moral relativist. Since being given this assignment, I have asked myself and delve deep within to really think about where I fit or belong. I want to be a moral absolutist but I can think back to times when I have been a moral relativist. Those times have been when I have allowed a lie to be told when I knew the truth would be devastating to that person. Many times I have allowed things to be said or done to keep peace within the family or between various loved ones. I ask myself “Am I morally wrong for wanting to keep the peace and not allow confusion ?” since I serve a God of peace and not of confusion. I realize that I cannot straddle the fence so to speak. I must say that at present I am a moral absolutist that finds herself at times for the sake of love, peace and harmony, turning to the role of a moral relativist for a minute or two.