THE NEED FOR RIGHT & WRONG By William Matters Jr.

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Chapter 1 : The Problem

Spiritual matters or religion have been dismissed unless commercialized in the West. It began in
roughly 1050 AD with split between what would be Roman Catholic Church and Eastern or Greek
Orthodox Church only to follow into multiple splits after 1519 starting with the Lutherans.

This is the basis of Protestants and Catholics perspective where by Catholic Church had a teaching of
anathema regarding early Protestants. They saw the biblical authority of Catholicism as in rebellion to
the Holy Bible of 66 books. Today they do not publicly condemn each other and the one time we see
unity is in the Pro-Life movement. At this point people want to lead lives separate from these
contraversies and as a result immoral movements, cults and idolatry have flourished. Instead of a world
of many gods it is a world in the West of one true God with many personalities and many one true ways
to follow him while any other non-mythological god holds more credence. This being the case and
problem nobody sees right and wrong as a sound issue to debate or embrace. So I looked into what is
common among us in the unsaved world. Even marriage or family is disputable as an institution now.
MATTHEW 16:19; 18:18 are now disputable.

Chapter 2:

Socialism and Communism (without God considered) do usually start with a violent overthrow or
revolution against a owner or legitimate authority who has not been perfect in a model by Romans 12.
They are flawed as a start if one views Matthew 21:33-46 The Parable of the Vineyard & Wicked Servants
in that the violence justifies later acts of violence by the same or successive regime. Now having all
things in common among Christians in non-violent willing sharing occurred in Acts 4:32-35 as it's
opposite.

We have lost the idea that God is and He is good Psalm 107. I'm not god and my thoughts without
action or a full counsel of my will is meaningless unlike Gods actions. Without God simplicity except at
the start is impossible as we perceive the subject of God himself. We can not live as in case he exists
without a psychotic break in our society. Therefore as in Romans 1 retaining the knowledge of God
seems futile to people today and that is the ultimate problem.

Oddly if one reads their Bible regarding murder or to lie and wait in killing there are circumstances
whereby one can consider it a duty to God to kill someone as occurs with war or by worldly sorrow
consider it a godly duty to murder oneself as an act of justice. This occurs from guilt or an inability to live
with oneself as we know from Judas Iscariot. Sociology began as the science inspired by questions
around the social problem of suicide and fathered the science of criminology by Durkheim. The problem
of guilt comes from a lack of knowledge or conduct regarding right and wrong. What do we do when
doing right seems unaffordable? That is the key to abortion, euthanasia, war, even abuses of animals and
nature. An abuse of grace as found in Paul’s question shall we sin that grace may abound? Is the insanity
that leads to this place. Imagine you are in a casino would you go through the aggravation of
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visiting everyday to play for hours to hope for $75 in wins minus expenses if you could? No. You would
just work. So why abuse the grace or as some say push your luck? It brings you to slippery places as
found in Psalm 73. Those slippery places including wanting to slit your own throat. If you were deep into
metal music that really was depressing would you put yourself in a place where you want to die jump off
the top of a building maybe even a casino? The more you play the more you loose. The more you win the
more you expect to win but get upset you are losing so you keep playing. The safer bets loose and the
bigger bets only win for a short while until you loose bigger. Is sin really winning? We do this with every
non repentant act of sin. The more ways to win the less the compensation.

The Use of Op-Logic: I used this term to describe the difference between sense based logic and faith

based logic I refer to as opposite logic or op-logic .A logic beyond the mere senses.

Most people feel a guilt that nobody can help the mentally ill or inmates of society.

Oddly if you ventured into such a place to evaluate it they’d discredit you for being

one which you would need to be to make an objective approach of the truth.

This type of observation would be as scientific as looking for extra-terrestrials.

Racism I’ve observed as an instinct to preserve one’s race, but the problem

is if everybody acted out in their worst efforts in this instinct no race of humanity

as a whole would exist. This suggest humans do have a sense greater than instinct

and are not mere animals as science classifies us. If you do enough work people

say you get lucky but never accept the idea of God’s grace or mercy as it applies in

medical breakthroughs. Some how there is a sense of opportunity and op-logic at

issue here under God’s direction we call a fortunate accident we call luck.

THE PROBLEM SOLVED:

Here in lies the end of the lies we are told. Civilizations systems require constant

modifications and minor systems within them. The fact somebody dies preserving the system

shows human sin's reality. Civilization is required for now, but it is not glorious. It is only a monster
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of our own invention of necessity which we originally created. Every Christian has a unique path

led by the Spirit with unique gifts for unique purposes only known to God. Every Christian walk is

not necessarily career oriented or even in one denomination.

As for common traits it seems all humanity agrees plants have no nervous system so they feel

no pain as we reap from them. Bacteria and viruses can be our enemy so cleansing is required.

Animals feel pain as we use them but it is temporary unlike human pain as we are somehow

supposedly more valuable. Stone and metal feel no pain. Whether you are Evolutionists,

Creationist or any religion including Atheist we all agree we are supreme or the finest product

of evolution which I believe to be a lie of our pride.

Chapter 3:

In the beginning of consciousness there was a thought identifying needs to be met as goals by

managing especially with others by communication. In either case resources were limited so these goals

were attained by trade or by war and in the end simplicity died. Planning, organizing, asset allocation,

directing and controlling became necessary to meet quotas while personal freedom was lost. In distress

new markets opened to expand trade but created chaos via addictions became a unnecessary evil. The

greatest need became laws or morality and ethics to insure basic, psychological, social, accomplishment

or purpose oriented needs. As sides developed cultures were created supported one side or the other

and politics was born to decide who and by what means were resources to be earned or received. This is

the end of human life’s value and we ironically think politics will reinvest in such a value permanently.

The method of economy, law and government by anarchy, feudalism and dictatorship by early stages led

to mornarchy, oligarchy, democracy, republics or theocracies governed by three modern material

philosophies. These three are Capitalism, Socialism and Communism which are considered sacred by

virtue of a religion or no religion ultimately as the religion in which in all philosophies the highest
defender of such philosophy is most rewarded or aristocracy. Pg 4

Now one can say civilization is a great system of inventions but it is due to our limits and failings to

adapt to our environments initial need of stewardship which birthed this requirement to manage our

environments. The philosophies are not defined as they have different definitions depending on your

position and needs. We mismanaged and cultures and/or civilization became a requirement. Whether

you say there is a God or men invented God determines most of your position. Whether there is or is

not a God determines your rights or if anything is sacred and all come at a price. Now this is the human

jungle which is only partially avoidable which always a matter of money to avoid existing in the

unsheltered world of no security, food, clothes, shelter, water, air, warmth or light. No room for

any emotions besides fear or rage or plan for the future. Forget about sex or reproduction for one’s

legacy or any memory of one’s life being sacred and preserved or protected and thus why do some

worship nature I have no clue? Forget about preserving history or the stability of a family of one

heterosexual male and female possessing offspring to ensure each others’ survival and life. No joyful or

funny moments, no respect and no beauty of life in motion is possible in relation to other families, clans

and eventually nations or all of humanity. No love of the newborn since it is an expense and no future

caretaker of the elderly. No wealth of any kind inherited or to be appreciated for the offspring’s

future as a business or education to learn complex tasks to earn money. No accumulated knowledge

or experience to share with only poverty and disease as a wage exist in such a rogue or single state.

So where is our value? In the realm of Genesis we find what some refer to as mythology yet the myth of

God creating mankind with dignity in his image and likeness including females is life’s basis for value. Is it

therefore myth as falsehood or an ancient explanation lost in translation? Is this how we are defined or

just one characteristic? In any case we have value even when flawed or inadequate to the task. Some

people seem to be the cause of problems or the reason others excuse taking a privilege from me. Are

they less in value? No since they are made in God’s image. They maybe marred or flawed or in

subjection to their affections as opposed to ruling them yet they retain their same God given original
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value. They do so even if they are an expense to me and I choose to hate them. Even if they are the

opposite sex, those people, Black, Hispanic, Jewish, not straight or an unwanted pregnancy they are of

value especially if they do not know it or how to use it.

In America we say you can be anything you want if you work for it or everybody starts at the

bottom which are both lies. We say turn it around or make no into yes and even expect people to

bring good out of evil as if they were God or gods. There is no predictability to save and grow gradually

anymore so we in some cases grant credit by impossible terms. We wonder why there are poor,

criminals or even the mentally ill. Look at our expectations if you don’t inherit a fortune to start.

The big lie is to see what you can do by yourself without family or friend being the self made man.

Do what everybody says and you’ll be addicted to something to keep going attaining a disease and

abbandoned. Is not that convenient? People say experience it or yourself then why do you have to learn

the hard way. Meanwhile if you a prisoner, mentally ill or otherwise your credibility is challenged even

though you are the objective source of truth and experience. People then ask why did he try to commit

suicide?

One of our tendencies is to be attracted to our own and want to preserve our own yet we

take this too far. Whether nationally or racially we war for resources to preserve ourselves and our

own identifying the others as enemies that we hate. Jesus Christ teaching to love our enemies thwarts

war in this manner so we do not destroy each other with no survivors or resources. I reiterate the

slogan I had in a previous work being “Life goes to life.” as more than just being positive.

In all the world’s major religions as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen Budhism,

Taoism, Sihkism, Shinto and Jainism there is not necessarily a respect for females but a general belief

in life being sacred. Now if your life is different then ours and it’s preservation is in question generally

speaking it means war. Even in Satanism the sins are celebrated to enjoy life. The general message of

human life being sacred has been blurred by historical wars or recent events, but if we could see God’s
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image in each other peace could be achieved. If we could remember this lesson Christ would reign in

a very really sense. The wisdom that reigned would be spiritual and religious not sensual. However we

want our lusts creating deficits which we justify warring against others for resources as found in the

letter of James 4. In search of booty in war we have had staffs which we have in everyday business to

levy price wars. It’s been said the White man’s greed keeps the world in need and this is what keeps

the world turning (in economic terms).

Sicker men have waged war just to achieve a memory of self among men as short term immortality.

Even sicker fellows as philosophers have birthed ideas for similar reasons only finding the ability to

influence society or wars in worse in more long term ways. Obviously in the cheapest way myself

included as one who tried earlier and not every father of every religion can claim truth once and for

all without contradicting the others creating a base for war also. (Locke saw only this part of equation.)

I believe the world since the Fall of Man in Genesis degrades itself more and more only to hold a list of

falsehoods as a desperate clinging to what might be true. Taking a piece of this philosophy or that truth

or parts of those religions to justify our personal position may work for awhile but creates inevitable

disaster. Yet we do this to justify our lusts to battle our enemies and rivals to achieve a means to an end.

The world wants projections, five year plans, models, proofs, assurances and we are not

machines or animals as beasts of burden to carry such loads. We have to take it day by day and build

little by little as by healthy routines yet the fact we can fall into a fault, mistake or sin which requires a

budget and schedule. This keeps us in debt. Youth may ask why do they study or work so hard for what

we want and we reply it would be harder in the desert, jungle or in the wild just to survive by yourself.

We avoid the problem of knowing and teaching right and wrong. “Seek first the kingdom and his

righteousness and all this will be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33).

The growing complexity of markets and technologies postpones the ability for youth to build a

family only because they have to pursue more and more education. They can not satisfy their needs
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sexually within marriage and we wonder why they rebel. You finally understand sexuality, the

place of the family in the world and the basics to maintain it yet postpone the preached solution

again and again of marriage. It’s postponed for education so lusts, malice and any idea but love comes

to fruition. The basis of envy and foolishness takes root. We experiment to placate the urges with

all sorts of addictions and perversions which we battle each other to achieve. In all the confusion

we have markets for addiction, recovery, rebellion, conformity while right and wrong are matters of

opinion yet we wonder why there is no peace. We wonder why there is hate or perversion and

civilization seems to fail. This is not a faith versus fear discussion but a fact that right and wrong need

to be discussed and defined beyond mere law or religion. We need the lowest common denominators

and greatest common factors of both morality and ethics to be understood before peace and prosperity

can prevail. Some will say it flows from the Ten Commandments, others will say it’s better if from Koran

as the latest version or some say let’s go to the basics with context of the Torah or Talmud. In the end

everybody is fighting for credit to get the most resources and we have learned nothing.

If we learn anything from all of this: is it not to skip right from wrong to achieve our goals. Here do

we forget to esteem others’ more important than ourselves (Phil2:4) for the sake of our own Great

Commission(John 20). We win the battle and lose the war for peace.
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Chapter 5

The agreed factors above hold from Exodus 20 the commandments of #5-#10 can be

found in the sculptures of the Supreme Court building of the most powerful nation of Western

civilization known as the United States of America. These commandments are agreed upon by

Christendom, Judaism and Islam as from God through Moses. My belief is these elements had

already permeated throughout Eastern civilization and beyond by St. Thomas in India and the

journeys of the wisdom of Solomon. If not pure common sense would tell you necessity may

have forced adaptations of these laws yet not in their original perfect given state. All agree this

jurisprudence found origin in Israel or what would become Israel. This is the basis of the law which

is needed to preserve freedom but especially the ability to just exist. This is the roots of right and wrong

for all I believe as it permeated the world.

Jesus taught “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” which sums up the basis of law, known as

consideration and decency (Matthew 22:37-39). Respect is like money I believe. You need money to

make money even so you need respect of others to receive respect yourself. You need to convey

respect for yourself before people usually respect you too yet this can all summed up in “The fear

of God is the beginning of wisdom.”(Proverb 9:10 ). Learning from the past is not repeating the same

crimes, sins or action based on misconceptions. The dog returning to it’s vomit.(Proverbs 26:11).

There are imagined fears and real dangers which we decipher by practicing and living amongst the

practiced law. People confuse symptoms with problems when the problem is a lack of understanding

for the need of law. We all have a vision of our future but without law it is a lie or no future at all being

merely sick fantasy. We live in a world where curriculums indoctrinate and no longer educate. Where

luck and blessing is seen as interchangeable and a holy day is somehow magical. Education is not

achieved through entertainment. All religion is found in Thy Will Be Done and all selfish spells in my will
be done. Noone can reprogram themselves instantly after bad habits have been established. No pg9

one sin is committed or mistake as it takes misconceptions, mismanagement and a technical act as

an outward act as a mistake, crime or sin. This requires philosophy as a right application of knowledge

to a given cause or effect hence punishment in law as future deterrant and maybe rewards.

There is no fixed formula for success for everybody to be so wealthy as not be tempted to break

the law. So there is a deeper solution to conflict and war then sports for male bonding. We owe some

credit for murders to men like Nietzche who gave evil ideas to men as Hitler or today’s Social Darwinism.

In Christianity there’s some hope for the offenders as is all of us which is in Christ we are not what

we did or have to fall into hypocrisy. Though the righteous man fall seven times.(Proverbs24:16).It is

confusing in that we think if I sow good I should always get good, but we don’t always do good and the

Christian, Muslim or Israelite has one who accuses, frustrates and brings punishment for every good

deed to sow confusion among us. Satan and his minions or just other evil non-repentant individuals with

a conscious seared by a hot iron(1 Timothy 4:2). Why is human life so cheap? Your needs interfere with

mine, the opposite of loving one’s neighbor as themselves. This can be fueled by the fear of man

instead of God (Proverbs 29:25) I hope this work on right and wrong has defined the problem,

demonstrated sampled literature on subject with a formed hypothesis that we need a form of right and

wrong by which to live. I hope one can read a paper or watch the news to test my hypothesis. Right and

Wrong need to be taught by somebody even if parents do not have time. The basis of even some

freedom is found in law. We do not need Christianity’s Contribution to Modern Culture, but a study in

Right And Wrong as a subject and not case studies on conflicting rights. A study of application of

Commandments #5-10 would be profitable as #9 do not bear false witness against thy neighbor could

be do not lie, deceive, commit perjury, gossip, slander, theft by deception, fraud, usury, etc.

Commandment #6 do not murder could be do not assault, batter, strike with a weapon, rob, extort,

torture, unjustly wage war, war crimes, abortion, suicide, do not commit
euthanasia, do not kill animals for mere sport (if not for food), do not coerce, etc. Pg 10

Commandment #7 maybe do not commit adultery could be do not molest, have no fettish,

rape, do not produce pornography, do not lust, do not commit fornication, incest,

beastiality, do not commit statutory rape, do not pander or be a prostitute, do not

commit a homosexual act, do not cross dress, do no act of sexual mutilation to thyself, do not

lust, do not grope, do not have sexual encounter with the dead, etc.

Commandment #10 do not covet could be do not set up a monopoly, do not be greedy, anti-trust

law, plagerism, plot to inherit others property or commit crimes to procure out of envy. Yes I’m juggling

the order of the commandments in level of drama or could we have less obvious examples?

Commandment #5 is honor your mother and father which conveys respect for females and their pain in

childbirth, but it continues as obstruction of justice, contempt of court, pay taxes, honor laws, respect

superiors, pay dues, etc.

The first four commandments are not used as an example due to their strictly religious applications

to God himself and are not a matter of case law throughout the world or nation unless you live in a

theocracy of applicable religion. I believe without a study in Right and Wrong you have no root in

yourselves as far as youth go and those who have no identity can easily be exploited. From total

terrible freedoms of sin we have totalitarian regimes born. Whether George Orwell’s 1984, Sir Aldous

Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 or Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We all show a world

of destroyed past evidence of past truths or extreme denunciation of the past especially in altering

one’s identity so there is no freedom. I say without a knowledge of good and evil as crime or sin we

become animals with no rights and our rulers become gods or collectively as God portrayed.

It is important to conclude that at least some sanity is rooted in knowing right from wrong and

our future as humans is not only dictated by it but established here and now. Suicide or genocide are

not options.
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Chapter 6:

As for the other early commandments we can say a study of them gives us a certain insight

Into the birth of right and wrong. The #1-#4 commandments found in early Exodus 20 start out

With saying we shall have no other god before God. This means no other gods in his sight and not

merely out prioritizing him including in the next commandment deifying things found in the sky,

on the Earth or underwater and worshiping it. However this includes not making God in our image and

likeness justifying our own sins. Commandment #3 is confusing to people too as not taking God’s name

in vain meaning do not take his name in vain as in false searing by oath, in magically or as especially a

common curse word. It is uncertain how Jesus Christ became a curse word, but it definitely started in

unbelieving households as a mockery of truth. Commandment #4 keeping Sabbath day holy refers to a

day of worship with no work devoted to God, but we forget to rest as humans as soon as we see no

need for this command. However our animals, machines, employees and the land all need rest. As

Pontius Pilate when it comes to right and wrong or truth we say “What is truth?”(John18:38).Quid est

veritas. In all cases God will not let him go guiltless who takes his name in vain or share his glory with

another, but one can say that is merely my opinion and where is truth again?

(I’d like to dedicate this essay in memory to Richard B. Benner and Dr. Theodore B. Johnson Sr.)