Natural Law

Natural law is believed to be "a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society." I rephrased it to the rules humans are bound by. Asked by some critics, if natural law is based mostly on Christian doctrine, are non-Christians bound to it? Hugo Grotius says "yes." He says that all know what is right and what's wrong. We all have felt guilt before and we can associate guilt or some form of it to sin, stepping out of God's will; stepping out of what we were designed to do, if you want to believe. Sounds fine to me. But I have some views about that.

We are in a new century with a new generation and a new set of standards. As we have all seen, the rules, manners, ethics, and behavior we were brought up with have changed. Something as little as text messaging has become second nature that it's even included in academic papers. Cohabitation or "shacking" is now a standard before marrriage. "Testing the waters" relates to anything now: cars, relationships, college, careers, etc. If this is the case, does Hugo Grotius rules of natural law apply to today's generation? Well, if you look at the biblical view of sin, then yes. If you consider the world's view of sin, then no because as times change, the sin will change. So what do we as human beings make of various philosophical views that others have worshipped? What do we do with them?

I've been reading and now believe that in order to plan for the future, we have to look at the past and the present. So, we learn from them. We look at them for what they are-different philosophies. If you can apply them to your life then great. Otherwise, take a moment and see how the philosophy has changed, been eliminated or remained the same. It will be interesting to see what new philosophies about life people will come up with.

Here's to another road trip.