tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361557792051643637.post28279830927340579..comments2023-06-07T02:46:29.454-06:00Comments on Adventures and Accidents: Moral RelativismToryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530938857442378681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361557792051643637.post-77046728327076897612013-03-18T22:02:05.428-06:002013-03-18T22:02:05.428-06:00I agree with you, Tory, 100%. Homosexuality, by i...I agree with you, Tory, 100%. Homosexuality, by its very nature will always be a moral issue (as matters relating to sexuality always are), no matter what you personally believe. And God ALWAYS has a strong stance on moral issues, particularly those that involve sexuality. I think that you are right--if we open moral decisions to be personal decisions and leave God out of it, why bother to have a moral code at all?<br /><br />As a new Webelos leader I'm hoping to dispel the misconception that some of the boys, parents, and even some other leaders have, that scouts is just a daycare program where there are some fun activities. Why are we asking boys to spend $100 on books and uniforms if that's our only goal--glorified babysitting? The easy answer is that *IT'S NOT!* But if we are not asking anything of them--if we are not doing something with them, then it doesn't matter. We might as well be a daycare program. What does it matter if you are a scout, unless being a scout means something? It mattered to me that I married an Eagle Scout because that says a lot about him (you!)--including his comittment to God and his strong moral fiber. <br /><br />Instead of lowering our standards to increase our membership, let's keep our standard high and raise ourselves to meet it. How else can we be and do our best?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987342899431575419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361557792051643637.post-60612907903532666952013-03-18T17:12:53.232-06:002013-03-18T17:12:53.232-06:00I didn't say I agree with everything Bhikkhu B...I didn't say I agree with everything Bhikkhu Bodhi says or believes, nor did I comment on his potential views on this particular issue. That is completely irrelevant. I simply said that I liked his statement that morality and ethical values are intrinsic laws of the cosmos built into the heart of reality. That one single statement resonated with me in the context of this discussion. My point is that moral and ethical values are not defined by man's individual views on them, but rather by God. It is then incumbent upon us to live up to His law, not try to change it to fit our view. I also believe that the values the BSA has endorsed for the last 100 years are in harmony with God's laws--or--intrinsic laws of the cosmos. <br /><br />I didn't intend to imply that the the BSA's approach to this question was consciously based on moral relativism. However, I am concerned that should a change be made the default position of the BSA (whether stated or not) would be that no one moral view is any more correct than another. It does not make sense to me for an organization that expresses a belief in God as the ruling power of the universe to embrace an idea that there are no moral absolutes. In my opinion, that is a dangerous view and one that cannot logically co-exist with a belief in God. <br /><br />As to the idea of showing acceptance and tolerance of different sexual orientations; we should follow the Scout Law and be friendly, courteous, and kind to those who have feelings of same-gender attraction, but we do not have to accept indeed, we must not accept, or tolerate behaviors that we find distracting, degrading, or out of harmony with our ideals.Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530938857442378681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361557792051643637.post-28874260082987591432013-03-18T15:13:50.467-06:002013-03-18T15:13:50.467-06:00Bhikkhu Bodhi would not be able to adhere to the d...Bhikkhu Bodhi would not be able to adhere to the declaration of religious principle because, as a Buddhist, he does not believe in God as "the ruling and leading power in the universe". I am fairly sure that as a monk in the Theravada tradition he'd also support acceptance and tolerance of different sexual orientations.<br />Perhaps, then, you'd agree that the idea of changing how the BSA approaches this question is not based in moral relativism but in the idea that the "intrinsic laws of the cosmos" are much broader and than our current organizational limitations.Clarke Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847993208762191042noreply@blogger.com