I have a tendency not to blog much in my own voice during times of stress cause those are the moments where I don't trust myself to say what I should.

Anyway, the thought that came to me today in the midst of a very fun FUEL on apologetics (root word apologia, means 'in the defence of', in this context Christian faith. I actually enjoy apologetics because I love a) arguing and b) christianity (I blame mugging for the fact of suddenly using stuff like a) and b). Also, interesting use of brackets within brackets (which actually reminds me of The Only American From Our Village, by Arun Joshi. Oh wait, larts paper over) within brackets) and sixteen years of being a second-generation christian with a mind that thinks too darn much and that is what happens), when P. Andy raised the topic of moral dilemmas, I realised something. Isn't the beauty of moral dilemmas that they illustrate so wonderfully the human capacity for compassion. (also, if you could follow the train of thought above, kudos to you)

I mean think about it. The moral dilemma that he raised was one of those that I remember from POD sessions (acib ftw) as well as something I've wondered about in primary school before. Is it morally wrong for a man to steal medicine for his dying child? What if he's tried every possible legal method to get that money, but all turn him down? Is it still wrong for him to steal?

And I'm not going to pronounce a verdict on whether or not it is, but take a step back and think about it. The fact that your first instinct is to admit that stealing in itself is a morally wrong action, yet the circumstances of why he did that would cause you to reconsider, thus the dilemma. If we were but cold, heartless, fully judging without love or compassion, then regardless of circumstance we would condemn. Yet because each and everyone of us possess that piece of His heart, we reconsider. The very act of reconsidering itself illustrates that we can feel. And I think that's pretty beautiful (:

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