Loss of moral compass

I agree that we've lost our moral compass, but for a qualitatively different reason. A compass is a device that gives us a direction. A moral compass, then, provides a mechanism by which we can find our way between competing values. The murder of Dr. Tiller presents Christians, generally, and the Pro-life movement, specifically, with two competing values:

(1) The manifest good that is the elimination of a physician who specializes in partial-birth abortion.

(2) The manifest good to society that abhors, condemns, and punishes those who murder.

With the greatest of respect, Rev. Viggiano, I think you missed a great teaching moment, vis, asking people to reflect not on what is moral, but which good serves God's purpose, not ours.

http://themoralchristian.blogspot.com/2009/06/murder-of-dr- tiller-do-two-wrongs-make.html

Cheers,

Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Yours was one of numerous directions I could have taken in this short piece. To give you a bit of insight into my method in these columns written for a largely secular audience--apart from God and His purpose there is no basis for morality. My goal as an apologist is to encourage readers to engage in the practice of epistemological self-consciousness (how do they know what they know). If they do this, they inevitably come up empty (especially in matters of morals and ethics). My goal, then, as a pastor/evangelist is to present Christ in whom is deposited all wisdom and our only hope for salvation--all to the glory of God. So appears our goals are similar.

Again, thank you for your thoughtful contribution.

Pastor Paul