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  1. I had left a reply on another article a was back, but this article would be a better one to respond to with my question. I do understand the meaning of ‘situational’ ethics and this question is not formed on that basis. I believe a man’s word is his bond but I do have a dichotomy of the soul to some degree in respect to that statement. In the strictness sense of the meaning, if I gave my word that, ” I will not leave this room until you return!” There is no ‘grey area’. Does that mean I stay there until I starve to death if the entity I gave my work to does not return? The reason I asked such a question is that in the future situations of ‘conflict of conscious’ WILL arise, I believe we need to think deeply about where are souls are ‘really’ at.

    1. A promise is made in a specific context, and in a specific moral code. If someone says they are going to a meeting, and you promise to stay until they return, the end of the day would be the longest time mutually anticipated. If you promise your spouse to be faithful until death, the context is a lifetime commitment of marriage, period.

      Remember Jethro. He promised God to sacrifice the first living thing he saw when he returned home victorious from battle. He probably thought it would be his prize bull. It was his daughter, who was his only child.

      Scripture never condemns Jethro for this; he acted in the time of Judges, and was doing his heartbroken best to keep his vow to God. On the other hand, it never suggests following his example. Quite the opposite.

    2. eam, I know a month has passed, so you may not see my reply, but here it is.
      If you told someone you would stay in the room until they return, you have made a “contract” with that person. If you didn’t specifiy how long you would wait, then the “reasonable man” condition from common law applies to the situation. If you have waited as long as another reasonable man would have waited in the same situation, and the other person has not returned, or if you learn that the other person for some reason is unable to return, then your “contract” has become null and void, and you are free to leave the room. You have not broken your word, the contract was broken by the other party. However, if circumstances allow, you may want to seek out the other party to discuss what has happened.

  2. The greatest evil of our time is abortion. In all first world countries this murderous practice is embraced and employed. Millions throughout the world every year are vacuumed out and garburated.
    Future generations will despise us.

  3. Jimbo
    In TEOTWAWKI situation I doubt if there will be any Domino’s still delivering (: I know this is a very philosophical question but there are so many things that will challenge our sense of integrity, to what extend to we yield?

  4. Pizza delivery to your gray man BOL………..???

    Many years ago, two evil young men ordered a pizza delivery to a derelict location in the city limits of Billings, Montana. They took the pizza, robbed the delivery man, and then killed him. They were later arrested, but the crimes were irreversible, of course.

    Our insane state lergislature passed a bill that now prohibits courts from assessing indigent (yes they have decreed a defined wide swath of people who can claim the title) folk, who are convicted, fees you and I have to pay the court. A local county just had a meeting for the three city courts to let them know they will no longer prosecute or try those people now, and it is up to the city to come up with the funds.

    The county stated 95% of their case load is from indigent category folks. So they informed the cities that without the culprits paying, and providing a source to fund the court, they told the three cities it will all be up to them.

    http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/clallam-county-seeks-new-contract-with-sequim-pa-for-district-court-funding-gap/

    Can anyone else hear the city attorneys, as well as the counties, directing the jails to release the arrested without any future trial date? It already happens now.

    If you don’t have staffing at your BOL for operations, what do you think will occur? Time to build neighborhood teams.

    Best wishes and may God forgive us and protect us.

  5. Readers may be interested in the posts on Diabolical Narcissism on Ann Barnhardt’s site. They are brilliant, ferocious, and devoutly Christian.

    You can find the posts on Diabolical Narcissism on the lists on the header of her blog.

  6. We will KNOW when we come face to face with evil. It will appear when you are tired, distracted, at time you least expect.. Be right with God and be ready to defend yourself or others.

  7. A fascinating book on this subject is “The Righteous Mind” by Johnathan Haidt. It really delves into how people make different judgments on right and wrong. And how important reason usually has little to do with those judgments.

    Moreover, it looks at the differences between liberal and conservatives, and also the differences between other societies.

    I can’t recommend it enough

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