All of these discussions involved you analyzing a particular situation
to determine your ACTUAL motivation for your thoughts and actions. This
is NOT the same as what you might tell others (where you KNOW it
is not the full truth). It has gotten popular
lately to blame abusive or alcoholic parents for everything one does
"wrong" as a way to slide by the responsibility of one's acts. This
trick doesn't work with God. If you are a man who has been caught
beating up your spouse, you might try to rationalize your actions as
having been imprinted in you as a child in an abusive family. BUT, if
your actions are even partly driven by any of the following, you are
commiting serious sins, even if police or judges or psychologists
justify your actions: If you ENJOY beating your spouse; If you feel POWERFUL
by doing it; If you feel MACHO by doing it; If you feel JUSTIFIED in doing it;
If you feel she DESERVES the beatings; If you feel it's NORMAL for a man to
beat his spouse. Even if no one else knows these feelings of yours,
God knows! Modern society's tolerance and compassion for people who
are accused of crimes often causes gentle reaction to such terrible
behavior. God is not tolerant AT ALL for such behavior.
There ARE rare individuals who were very seriously affected by growing
up in dysfunctional families. If the TRUE net effect is a complete
lack of understanding of morals and values, where the child grows up to
be an adult who TRULY doesn't comprehend the consequences of his behavior,
then possibly sin might not be involved. But just trying to USE this
as an EXCUSE for anti-social behavior just adds MORE sin (of deception)
onto the initial sin done.
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