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What is happening to our society?

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What is happening to our society?

Corruption in many sectors. Cases of evasion and obstruction of the truth Crisis of moral values, a crisis of truth and justice, of unity and solidarity Plight of the poor are being ignored. Anxiety about the negative effects of mining, commercial logging, illegal quarrying and fishing
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IS IT RIGHT?
What am i to do?

What is the right choice?

IS IT WRONG?
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Where is the Love?

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Erosion of moral values

Prevalence of deceit and dishonesty, corruption, manipulation and a deadening preoccupation with narrow political interests
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A BRIEF ON MORAL DECADENCE: THE NIGERIA SITUATION

In the world today, shame and shamelessness are rewarded with encomiums and emphasized recognition, Unclothedness is now directly proportional to your fame and acceptance, skimpy dresses are now tickets to classy events, songs that have intimate talks in them sell faster than the meaningful ones, when your trousers is around your waist then you are seen as a "learner", big girls are now identified by level of exposure of their private parts. Even the world Religion and the institutions have failed in eradicating this dangerous way of life. What is the hope? Would the society continue to condone this act? Where will this lead us to? Is this how the great men of this world lived their youth lives?
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What kind of state are we in?

a State which is not governed according to justice would be just a bunch of thieves.
Pope Benedict XVI citing St. Augustines observation in Deus Caritas Est, 28
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The present generation is characterized by the extraordinary increase and gravity of threats to life.
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THE THREATS TO LIFE DIRECTLY AFFLICT THE WEAK AND THE DEFENSELESS

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THREATS TO LIFE:
A.WHATEVER IS OPPOSED TO LIFE

Murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, suicide

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B. WHATEVER VIOLATES THE INTEGRITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

mutilation, torments inflicted on body and mind

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C. WHATEVER INSULTS HUMAN DIGNITY Subhuman living conditions slavery imprisonment human trafficking disgraceful working conditions

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ALL THESE ARE: Poisons to human society Against the order of reason

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THEY ARE: Expanding with new prospects Opened up by scientific technological progress
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IRONY
Progress in science and technology Regress in moral life

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GRAVE CONCERN: Broad sectors of public opinion JUSTIFY certain crimes against life

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HOW?

By invoking the rights of individual freedom and By obtaining exemption from punishment even authorization by the state, so that these crimes can be done with total freedom
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It is grave and disturbing that conscience is darkened by widespread conditioning

As a result, It has become difficult To distinguish between good and evil

SYMPTOMATIC OF MORAL DECLINE

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Moral Permissiveness
Allows anything and does not even care of the result of ones actions

Does not consider the objective values, in themselves, but realizes them simply for ones convenience according to situations

Relativism

Loss of morals
Excludes moral values in their judgment of human behavior
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Growing significance of man and his full realization as a social being

General awareness of the respect to the rights of others as a criteria of morality

General acceptance of social responsibility

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MORAL DECLINE

MORAL ASSENDANCY

Where are we going now?

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 Life giving?

Death dealing?

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What must we do?

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