What do you think is
the difference between a person behind bars and the one who lives free? It
can just mean (most of the time) that the one who is free hasn't
got caught yet. Someone defined ‘experience’ this way, ‘the act of doing
things in a way that he or she does not get caught’. If you notice most of the
hardcore criminals manage to walk free using power, money, religion,
politics and so on.
Another interesting thing to
observe is that some of these things may be perpetrated by the
government itself to promote divide and rule policy. Still it cannot be
justified. “Errors do not
cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.” ― E.A.
Bucchianeri.
Today most of us hold on to
this philosophy, ‘Doing wrong is not wrong, but getting caught is wrong’. Leo
Tolstoy puts it this way, “Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the
majority share in it.”. The power of majority is another thing that is used for
justifying the evil and atrocities. In the words of St Augustine, “Right is
right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing
it.”.
So, how do we differentiate
what is wrong and right? Definitely not on the philosophy that says, it is just
different so therefore it can’t be wrong. You cannot celebrate on a thing which
is different when it is evil because one day it will turn around to bite
you for sure. Such philosophies are impressive only if personally we
and our children are not affected. But that does sounds selfish, doesn’t
it?
In Bible it says ‘the truth
shall set you free’ and it helps us to reach to Him to experience the freedom
from evil and things that are wrong. This is only possible when you experience
His grace and mercy to live a life that can add value and blessing to the
family and to the community. Today, some religions give rights to people
to make war and obliterate life. How do we convince ourselves
to justify such wrongs? The Supreme power is love, and therefore the Bible
keeps talking about love all through its scriptures. If you hold on to the love
of God, you would automatically let hold of the grasp to do or
support things that are wrong.
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