Friday, March 28, 2014

Another blog about legislating morality

This blog has the title, keeping order in the midst of entropy.



Continually I notice people who have a post modern mindset (that is a mindset that has either not accepted that there is a constant set  standard of right and wrong or that there is no set standard of right and wrong) commenting, dialoguing, making statements regarding how others view order in society and how it effects them and how they therefore view it themselves. I would suggest that this view is an effect of entropy at work in society or a global consciousness throughout the ages; that is how the world is precieved by those who have had their understanding darkened or who have not seen the light.
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Entropy is a scientific theory, that I do believe has been scientifically proven, that tells us that the universe, planet, and our own bodies are continuously breaking down to a state of disorder. Things rot, decay, rust and people die. My experiences in this world (like the apple core I found in my jeep) tell me that entropy is real an active. I would suggest also that (as some medical data may suggest) not only is physical entropy at work in a person, but also mental, emotional, and perhaps even moral.

I would suggest further that the same is true in social structures. They are trending toward disorder and  chaos. Some examples ( that I do not have any specific empirical evidence about) are amount and of crimes, divorce rates, school dropout rates, acceptance of what used to be called disorders without looking for cures and government corruption.

We, as humans living in an organized society, have attempted to create structure in the form of laws (not mentioning social stimula) to curtail the effects of social entropy. Laws that govern such things as murder, stealing, littering (those are the important three) have been put in place by us to keep order in a society bent toward entropy. These laws help keep order in a world tending toward chaos, much like the rustoleum paint I put on my jeep keeps it from rusting (and about just as successfully). Without them the world would be in complete disarray except where the exception to entropy triumphs. The exception of entropy would be the instance where a force is able to bring order in the midst of chaos, or life in the midst of death. This force in our world is love, not in a general sense, but love in the person of Christ who though his act of dying and rising again has put into place an exception to entropy accessible to everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, believes in their heart and confesses with their mouth this truth.

In a world that tends to violence the believer can tend toward peace; where the world tends toward hatred the believer can give love; for death life; for sickness, health; for love of evil, love of righteousness; for depression, joy; for anger, gentleness; for mocking, encouraging; for giving up, steadfastness, for weakness, strength, for anxiety, patience; for cruelness and rudeness, kindness; for lack of commitment, faithfulness; selfishness, self control; for lies, trustworthiness; even for immorality, morality. These attitudes are not something that a believer must regulate themselves to pursue (though they might have to at first as the spirit is often willing but the flesh is weak). These are simply how a believer, who has the holy spirit of god living in them, will perceive the world verses entropy( or the sin nature if you would like that term).

I would simply say that without legislating morality a society is giving into social entropy. Immorality (though it may look like freedom, may not harm anyone, and may make a person feel good) is spiritual chaos; an undisciplined life that tends toward those elements that are anti-christ, per the list above: violence, death, sickness, hatred, evil, depression, anger, mocking, giving up, weakness, anxiety, cruelness, rudeness, lack of commitment, selfishness, lies, and immorality.




3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. [Mat 5:3-16 KJV]

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

It's time

It is time for another blog,. I'm sure it will have something to do with people, changes, Christlikeness, maybe even technology.