Society's Morals

Society's morals have degenerated quite quickly. Man, as an immoral being, must fight against his nature most diligently to preserve his true self. Man must always do his best to keep his boundaries unstrained, lest he become a tool of the devil.

Today, sadly, man has given up. Infidelity, murder, corporate greed-all evils. All overlooked by society. Take Tiger Woods-he has committed adultery of the highest class, yet while some feel he must be punished for most acts, most willingly turn a blind eye or, worse yet, do not care. Uncaring is the worst act of all, for the entire society must be willing to punish wrongdoers in order for order to be kept.

Should a child misbehave, what should be done? Should his misdeed be ignored, or should it be punished? The answer, of course, is punished; for what follows ignorance but blindness? What follows blindness but destruction? Should a child's misbehavior be ignored (which happens all too often-"My little angel can do no harm!" as some foolish mothers say), should most children's mischief be ignored, as well? And that leads to immoral adults, does it not?

Murder is one of the highest sins. The taking of a life is no one's job but God's. God created us; God will destroy us when our time comes.

Man's malignant disposition has become more commonplace-look around you! Look at the political smear campaigns being launched against those in the noble profession of politics! Insults are hurled, baseless accusations thrown, reputations destroyed, in the name of what? Personal gain! Man should not be worried about himself over society; man should value self and society equally, as he values his wife and his children.

And where has the virtue of education gone? Colleges rejecting eighty-seven percent of their applicants, poor families unable to send their children to school, young men and women unwilling to go to college and further their knowledge-what a disgrace! Knowledge pays off in moral improvement; hence, schooling provides moral and ethical support for young minds. Young minds, as yet unravaged by hardship and despair, are at special risk for losing sight of traditional values. Young minds, still untroubled by the problems of adulthood, are more foolish, more likely to use injudiciously, more likely to create deep holes from which they can not crawl. Where, then are their elders? Where are those tasked with keeping them safe from the outside world and its predators, from information created with little knowledge? Where are those whose jobs they are to keep them safe from others and themselves? Why, those people are rejecting them, causing them misery, creating a cycle of hope and despair, creating that which they are tasked with preventing. Such a cycle produces nothing more than hopelessness and drudgery; few survive the brutality with a mind left open to science, to reason, to faith.

For in the end, that is what morals come to: Faith. Faith, which has been waning in recent years. Faith in humanity. Faith in self. Faith in Almighty God. All faith has been chipped at until it is nothing more than the tattered flag of a once-proud institution. Faith and morals are one, inseparable, divine. To lose one is to lose the other. Sadly, we are losing one; must we continue down this path, or can we, as a whole, turn back the clock?