Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00152)

Dallas TenBroeck wrote:

It is a moral law ...

Jerry Schueler wrote:

Ouch!!  I really wish you wouldn't do this to me. The notion of a
universal moral law is repugnant to me (I side with Chuck on this
one). Morality is completely a human invention and, as I have
already demonstrated in a past article, Kohlberg's moral scale
clearly indicates that the higher we rise in morality the more
relative good and evil look to us.

Daniel Caldwell queries:

And what does all of what you write above really mean?
Could we have some concrete examples?

(1) If Albert goes around for 30 years raping women
and never gets caught, once he's dead. . . . he's home free?

(2)  If I was a Gestapo officer who enjoyed bashing
babys' heads against train cars, and I didn't get
caught by the Allies or the Jewish Nazi hunters,
once I'm dead. . . I'm home free?

(3) If Joe is a lustful guy, who has sex with hundreds
of guys, gets AIDS and then *purposely* infects scores
of other guys with HIV, once he's dead. . . he's home free?

These are just a few examples from real life. . . .

Are there any "laws" inherent in the fabric of "Nature" which
relate to such vile human behavior?

Do such actions, etc. have any effect on the future of these
three human beings once they have left the physical plane?
(Assuming you believe in life after death, reincarnation,
progression to higher planes, etc.)