[CharacterCounts]

A moral wrong might be something like knowing your mom is alone (a widow) and knowing that you should call her up and/or visit but you are so busy you keep procrastinating. THAT is a moral wrong.

That is certainly true.However, the person who fails to honor his mother is none of societies business, while the person who murders is.

[Paved Paradise]

I would disagree with you on that count. For whatever it’s worth, I’d like to share something with you. When my son was growing up we had many a conversation about good/evil, sin and so on. We are a Christian family - a believing and PRACTICING Christian family.

The gist of what I told my son was this. If you show me a thief, he may not be a murderer, but show me a murderer, and I’ll show you a thief, in more ways than one. I guess what I want to say is that sin begets sin.

You show me the person who is not honoring his/her parents and I can almost guarantee you they are remiss in many areas of their life. It comes down to values.

But, your point is well taken and I don’t want to argue this on the microlevel.

God bless!