It happened during my writing class at college. The teacher was talking about paper outlines, grammar, and other little tips to help us out in our writing. But the conversation suddenly took a change in direction.Â
"Imagine this," he said. "Pretend that you walking down the street on an ordinary day, and all of sudden a white van pulls up beside you and 5 guys jump out, throwing you into the back of the van..."
He went on to describe how these 5 men would beat you, kick you, punch you, and tie you up. They would drive out into the middle of nowhere, hang you upside down from a tree, douse you with gasoline, and burn you alive. And for no reason. No reason at all. And all the while you'd be screaming and crying for help, and nobody would hear you.
The whole class, including myself, was pretty much in shock as we thought about this gruesome scenario. Then our teacher asked this question:
"Who here thinks this is okay?"
None of us really knew what he was asking. He explained further:
"Does anyone think this action is morally wrong? If this happened to you here, today, would you think it was wrong? But wait, what if this happened to someone in a different country? What if this happened in a different culture? What would you think then? Do we have a right to question people's actions? Who thinks this is wrong regardless of who you are and where you live? Please raise your hand."
I paused, looking around. No one was raising their hand. Did anyone think it was wrong? I was so confused. Why weren't people raising their hands? A few people, including myself, soon raised their hands. But I was shocked with the amount of people who weren't raising their hands, and those people who hesitated far longer than I could've imagined. One boy even went on to say to the teacher that we can't judge other cultures if we don't understand them - that it really depended on the culture and the place it was happening. I was shocked.
The reason I'm writing about this is because I believe that we as people have become soft. We tell ourselves and others that we have no right to question the morality and actions of people. Who are we to judge people? "If you're cool, then I'm cool. You do your own thing, I'll do mine. Everyone has their own standards of morality." But that's WRONG. There are ethics in this world - a moral standard that God has given us. If it is wrong here, it is wrong EVERYWHERE. It doesn't matter what culture, what race, what type of person you are. We should all be accountable under God's standards. And we shouldn't hesitate to stand up for what we believe in - to stand up for what we know is right. This world is a tough place, and it's getting harder and harder to have faith. But we can't be soft. We need to be strong and stand up for our faith and for the morals and values that make us God's people.Â
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