Search for Truth: Good and Evil

This is the first post of a series I am beginning about my journey in the Christian faith. Three weeks ago I was challenged by one of my christian mentors to explore the roots of my faith and really understand why I believe what I believe. He told me to find the evidence in my faith and see why I really believe what I do. I had never been challenged like this before. The chance to find a firm foundation in the fundamentals of what I believe had never been presented to me before. In this series I will explore basic Christian principals such as if there is good and evil, is there a god, if there’s a god how does he feel about humans, who is Jesus Christ, what makes Christianity different from other religions, and ultimately why should I be a Christian. These questions come from the belief that you do not have to check your brain at the door to be a believer. This is my quest.

Okay, so, starting at the beginning, is there a good and evil. By this I mean are there things thoughts or actions that are considered universally good or universally evil.

My initial belief on the subject is “yes” there is a universal good and evil.

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that murder is wrong. No person needs to have it explained to them that killing another person is wrong. Everyone simply has the idea that murder is wrong and it is ingrained into them. I think murder is wrong. Everyone I know thinks murder is wrong. Why is that? 

Some would argue that the idea that murder is wrong is simply a product of culture. Children are raised to understand that murder is wrong. The culturalist would believe that all morals come from learning and growing in a culture that believes in those morals.

The idea that murder is wrong coming from being raised in a specific culture does not hold the test. Every people group across the planet knows that murder is wrong. Even isolated groups such as nomads or some indians know that to kill another is wrong. 

The notion of right and wrong is not something that has simply been pulled from the ideas of people groups who want to create a good society. No, right and wrong, it seems, are something that we are born with. It is something deep-rooted within us. 

How is it that we all know that murder is wrong?

How is it that we all know that rape is wrong?

How is it that we all know that stealing is wrong?

There is a universal good and evil. Somehow we all know it and feel it. Almost anyone would agree that certain things such as murder are ”right” or ”wrong”. Within us as people we know things are unquestionably wrong. We may not know why that is however we know it is true.

We know there are things which are universally wrong, therefore the opposite must be true. There are things that are universally not wrong. There are things that are also universally good.

Also, this idea of right and wrong bring up another point. These ideas are not something that are made up or come from culture or society. We are not sure where they come from except deep within us. They are as real to us as oxygen or rocks.

If these ideas are not the product of learning and they are known automatically and universally, then there must be something to life that is more than what we can see and touch. There must be something which puts these ideas into us. There is some connection to people that simply is,  just as our idea of right and wrong simply is. There must be some reason we all have these thoughts deep within us. There must be something more.

I believe there is a good and evil.

A Quest

I have started a series titled: Search for Truth. It is about processing through my faith and why I believe what I do. It is a personal journey and a search for truth.

No Posts for the Moment

Hey guys sorry I haven’t posted for awhile. I’ve been out of a computer for awhile. I hope to have some new stuff up by the end of the month!