Mere Morality.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
-C.S.Lewis

just sitting in philosophy with my mind wondering away. and stumbled onto this quote by Lewis. now for those of you who know me less than others you will quickly find that my favorite authors can be easily listed as (Poe, Frost, Twain, and Lewis) all ironically skeptical and yet philosophical/literary genius'.

but lets get back on track. i think this quote by Lewis tells a lot about modern humanity, and i agree with him. values and morality are essential for not only 'christian' life, but also healthy life, because Christianity is the core of morality. think about it 'thou shalt not steal' 'thou shalt not murder' etc. think about those for a minute. the ten commandments. we've all heard them. and when we really think about it. those commandments DEFINE morality.

an argument might be with commands like 'honor the sabbath day and keep it holy' or 'thou shalt not commit adultery.' well perhaps if those were not as 'up for debate' society might function a bit better. perhaps if fornication and adultery werent 'acceptable' in todays society AIDS, HIV, HPV, and all those other STD's might not be on the climb and there wouldnt be as much mental problems in todays society. and i would love to point out that anyone who says that adultery is not immoral, that their theory probably has no grounds. because any married man or woman can say that, but when it is THEIR husband or wife cheating on them things are different.

i would love to hear any comments you all have on this. just something i was thinking about. also. to any of you more interested in this idea of morality i would encourage you to read Mere Christianity by Lewis. and if you've already read it i would even say 'read it again.'

in Him,
colby