How Does One Judge What is Right and What is Wrong?

No i don't agree that socially approved makes something right! Let me explain.

There are a lot of legalilized indiscretions that we all know of.  I refuse to go into details for fear of seeming ----phobic.

We all know that these are not right but we allow ourselves partake in such acts, just because.  I believe rather than trying to be right, we should try to be righteous.   Every one has their God-given conscience and I don't believe its dead.  Use it rather than doing the socially approved thing!

I always say, when you go to bed at night, how do you view your actions for the day? Can you live happily with it?  That's my take!

I judge what is right or wrong based on what I feel/think. My thinking could be based on different things. It could be my own discretion or I could think about the consequences, what God's word says, what my parents would say, what the society would say or what I've been made to believe over a long period of time. I judge what is right or wrong with all these. Using Seun's examples, I think homosexuality is wrong and I also think parental domination of an adult is wrong...not only an adult but parental domination of any child is wrong.

IAH, Seun & Bumpyman: both of you seem to judge right and wrong based on your thoughts and feelings...



You both based right and wrong on your own initiative, but your initiative are bias and may not be appreciated by others...


Well what about the people you don't care about? what if they feel wronged... are you completely just?

Hitler felt/thought what he was doing was right before the country got behind him, his intentions were to create a perfect crime free society, where everyone was equal and perfect as he saw fit. He wanted to end (what he thought was) German "oppression" at the hands of Jews and the rest of Europe (remember Germans did suffer). ALSO HITLER WAS A CHRISTIAN WITH LINKS TO THE POPE!!

So what essentially makes your initiatives different to Hitlers?
Are your initiatives for: the interest of yourselves and the people YOU care about; the common good (i.e. socially accepted), or perhaps Gods law?

i go with my intuition!! if it feels right to me then i'm gon go with it!! sometimes though even when it feels right and lets say maybe there is something in for instance d bible that go against it i'm not gon do it!

I judge what is right and what is wrong based on the fact the if what I did does not hurt anybody definitely what am doing is right but if it harm somebody then what am doing is wrong.

well most times itz hard
but sometimes u just feel something right
no one tells u itz right but u have a strong feeling that it is
INSTINCT

When you get to trouble and you don't know what to do, give a little whistle ^*whistles*, give a little whistle- ^*whistles*
When you get to trouble and you don't know what to do, give a little whistle^*whistles*
And always let your conscience be your guide!

-Mr. Jiminy Crickett from the movie Pinocchio.

Yes, it is wrong because if all girls engage in premarital sex I will not be able to marry a virgin!

 Seun is it not unusual that you think this way. Il rather have it the other way round. And what makes u think that nobody is hurt through homosexuality. Gay motherfuckers almost jumped me in school the other day, or are u saying it hurts no one because u feel it does not affect you.
 And one more thought, i have a friend who has a girlfriend who is technically a virgin(she still has her hymen if she has not lost it through excercise or some other means) but she satisfies my close friend by sucking his privates every other day. She insists she wants to remain a virgin, so my friend let her be as long as he sucks his privates . In my mind i was like somebody who insists that he MUST marry a virgin who gets her would think he has won but unfortunatly, she knows that the guy can give her a good banging but she just wants to give her future husband her virginity but she still says she wants the real stuff. I don't thinkanything would stop her from getting it once she loses the virginity factor .
                  My friend in Abuja called me and told me he was rolling with one young Hajia, married when she was still very young and a virgin but now she sucks my guys privates all the time and he gives her the time of her life. I was asking my friend y would he do with a married woman and he was like she didnot do anything when she was young, now she is catching up. She had to be a virgin when she is given to her husband(some notherners do that) now she IS STILL doing what she wants
        and i am like WHAT the hell in the world is all this Hullabuba about virgins 

   These are REAL experiences. Just food 4 thought though

Those "gay motherfuckers that almost jumped you" are rapists who happen to be gay.  Please try to recognize the difference between homosexuality and sexual assault.

Because I am a 23 year old virgin and it seems like it would be a shame if I end up with a girl who has been with other men.  It would be as if my (relatively rare) decision to wait has been pointless, and I don't want to believe that!

@nferyn
What good is there in premarital sex? If he's decided to wait like me...its his choice and shouldnt be crucified for that


moreover he prolly don't want a girl tellin him he's not good enough in bed (on d wedding night).

No, its not wrong oh!
Guys, you rock! Say no to pre-marital sex!

simple don't judge! you're not the best to judge another person's action cause surely you can't say you have never made any mistakes in your life. As you judge others you shall also be judged

yes o, let your conscience be your guide!

I doubt if conscience should be authoritative in deciding whats wrong or right. I know what is right to someone might be wrong to another if conscience is followed. Moreover our conscience is a by product of the ideals we've learnt overtime as a result of our upbringing.
Except we would like to believe that this matter is a relative one, otherwise i believe what is right should be right to everyone therefore the yardstick should be outside our body. Something we can all use.