Truth has been relegated to subjectivity; beauty has been subjugated to the beholder; and as millions are idiotized night after night, a global commune has been constructed with the arts enjoying a totalitarian rule.
Ravi ZachariasRead
Does that not sound odd to you? When God decides who should live or die, he is immoral, When you decide who should live or die, it's your moral right. There was a pin-drop silence.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote questions the morality of life and death decisions, contrasting divine and human authority.
Ravi Zacharias presents a thought-provoking dilemma regarding morality and the authority to decide life and death. By contrasting divine decision-making with human moral judgment, he challenges the audience to reconsider their perspectives on morality, ethics, and the nature of justice in both divine and human contexts. The silence that follows indicates the weight of this philosophical inquiry and its impact on the listeners.
Themes
MoralityLifeDeathJusticePower
In practice
Example use cases
In a philosophical debate on morality, this quote can emphasize the complexities of moral decision-making.
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All quotes →I am convinced that all our attempts to change the letter of the law and to reeducate people have been, and are, merely band-aid solutions for a fatal hemorrhage. The system will never change because our starting point is flawed. The secular view of man can neither give the grandeur that God alone can give, nor can it see the evil within the human heart that God alone can reveal and cure, for atheism implicitly denudes each individual of the grand image God has imprinted upon His creation.
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It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.
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You cannot really have the world and hold on to it. It is all too temporary and the more you try to hold on to it, the more it actually holds you. By contrast, the more you hold on to the true and the good, the more you are free to really live.
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