Saturday, August 10, 2013

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right

I simply cannot believe it took me this long to figure this out!!
I have finally solved the problem of every conflict in this world!....well, exaggeratingly so, but still this revelation can duly be dubbed a "doozy."
(Remind me to make a list of words to never, never use again...)
Anyway, on to my revelation.
The problem is not that everyone has different opinions or personalities or religions.
We all have different consciences!!
There is NO universal conscience!
Everyone feels differently about different acts. That's why some people are so horrified to hear of a gruesome murderer who acts as if he doesn't even care what he did. That's why some people agree with certain lifestyles and some don't. That why some people have hearts of stone while others have hearts of Jell-O. 
It's why I don't feel badly about not doing something that no one told me to do and my family gets upset with me because I didn't do it.
Our consciences are like our fingerprints. Each one is different from the others. Some may be similar to each others, but even for identical twins they're not the same. It's probably why there are so many stout followers in so many different religions. They each believe as strongly as the other even though they believe vastly different doctrines.
That's why there are such opposing forces in matters like abortion and homosexuality.
My conscience tells me one things about them; your conscience may tell you something completely different.
Does that mean that one is right and one is wrong? Not exactly.
Neither are right and neither are wrong!
In the matter of our human consciences, there is no right or wrong!
So does that mean we can do whatever we want?
Did I say that? You may get that, but that idea is totally wrong-o.
That's what laws are for. That's what the Bible and other texts are for. 
They exist away from our human conscience to give order to our world. If there was no ruling "conscience," the world would be in disastrous chaos. Everyone would be clashing, leading to bloodshed and widespread panic.
So consider all this before becoming angry at "haters." Because just disagreeing with someone does not mean that they hate you for no reason (which is what real, honest to goodness hate really is). It means their conscience is wired differently than yours. 
In other words...
Your standards are lax in ways where their standards are strict.
Your standards also may be strict in ways where their standards are lax.
It may not even be their fault. 
It's just they way they were born and they way they are.
Get it?
Got it?
Oh, boy....

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