These days it seems as if people justify what is "right" or "wrong" (which in and of themselves are subjective concepts) in accordance to the law which provides objective guidelines to be followed by everyone.
For example, when gay marriage became legal although many people who were firmly against homosexuality stayed true to their beliefs, some people who were neutral or only slightly against it became influenced by the law to start either accepting it as normal or in a few cases, actively supporting it. I guess the reason behind this is that when gay marriage was illegal, they believed homosexuality was wrong ONLY because it was illegal. Whereas when it became legal, they believed that it became legal BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT.
Power is everything in this world. As a result of the power held by the government, society begins to sub-consciously worship their government entity as a living god. Laws are taken as seriously as commandments in the bible. So if the law dictates something to be legal/illegal, people will automatically and instinctively judge that particular act as right/wrong accordingly. What they dont realise is that the government is far from God. It is just a collection of human beings whose pre-decessors were only able to achieve a position of power through violence and murder, from where they were able to establish authority, control and create order.
The government is simply a business, on a national scale. Like big companies/corporations, the government is an organization whose primary purpose is to make money from which it can retain/possibly increase its power. Any laws made are not necessarily done so for the good of society or with the intention of benefitting society in any way, rather laws are made with the governments' self-interests at heart.
THE LEGALITY/ILLEGALITY OF AN ACT SHOULD NOT BE THE CRITERIA IN DETERMINING WHETHER IT IS "RIGHT" OR "WRONG".
For example, when gay marriage became legal although many people who were firmly against homosexuality stayed true to their beliefs, some people who were neutral or only slightly against it became influenced by the law to start either accepting it as normal or in a few cases, actively supporting it. I guess the reason behind this is that when gay marriage was illegal, they believed homosexuality was wrong ONLY because it was illegal. Whereas when it became legal, they believed that it became legal BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT.
Power is everything in this world. As a result of the power held by the government, society begins to sub-consciously worship their government entity as a living god. Laws are taken as seriously as commandments in the bible. So if the law dictates something to be legal/illegal, people will automatically and instinctively judge that particular act as right/wrong accordingly. What they dont realise is that the government is far from God. It is just a collection of human beings whose pre-decessors were only able to achieve a position of power through violence and murder, from where they were able to establish authority, control and create order.
The government is simply a business, on a national scale. Like big companies/corporations, the government is an organization whose primary purpose is to make money from which it can retain/possibly increase its power. Any laws made are not necessarily done so for the good of society or with the intention of benefitting society in any way, rather laws are made with the governments' self-interests at heart.
THE LEGALITY/ILLEGALITY OF AN ACT SHOULD NOT BE THE CRITERIA IN DETERMINING WHETHER IT IS "RIGHT" OR "WRONG".
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