Christian Morality Essay

Morality Through the Eyes of a Christian Life hits people with obstacles on a daily basis. As a society, we choose how to respond to them based on our moral virtues that develop from our upbringing. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Morality is beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior.” As humans, we tend to justify what is right and wrong. Being raised in the Catholic faith, I was taught the ten commandments which comes from the Holy Bible. According to the fifth commandment, “Thou shall not kill”, I digest this statement literally and with no exceptions. I believe that it is immoral to let capital punishment, abortion, and euthanasia continue to take place in our world. Human nature tends to make us want to punish those who have harmed the innocent. As a result, we have created this illusion of protecting the ones around us by taking the life of someone we classify as guilty or harmful to our society by utilizing capital punishment. No matter how much someone maliciously causes pain and torment to another individual, it is unjust for us to make the decision of whether they get to live or die. The worthiness of life is applicable to all individuals. According to the Vatican teachings it is stated, “The traditional teaching of the …show more content…
Some truly believe that it is an act of kindness, because society uses this method on their own pets who are suffering. Since people have more human dignity than animals, then this act can be justified for pets but not people. Human suffering ranges all ages from infants to the elderly. Whether it is a child or an elderly person, we should provide some kind of hospice care for the individual, rather than decide his or her fate. Everyone should get the opportunity to fight for life, instead of the choice being made for that individual. The reality is that if we want