ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You know, it's really hard to label something as "moral" or "immoral". Why? Because everyone has a different belief system, and morals vary quite a bit from system to system, and culture to culture.
A really easy one, comparing Americans to Europeans. In America, it is considered "immoral" for a woman to walk down a beach topless. A lot of them think that the woman is "loose" or "immoral" for public nudity, even though guys walk around on beaches topless regularly.
However..................
In Europe, there is nothing immoral about a woman walking around topless. Matter of fact, damn near every beach that I've been to over in the Med and in South America is topless, and most women don't wear them. The Europeans don't have any hang ups about public nudity.
The word 'immoral' can only be defined by a population within a culture that agrees on a certain moral code. Taking your example, Europeans judging Americans and Americans judging Europeans each have no moral standing to judge the other. Yet you somehow call the American view a 'hang up." Why is that?
As far as abortion? Well, my belief is that a baby isn't really "alive" until it draws it's first breath. In the Bible, it states that Adam and Eve weren't really alive until God breathed the breath of Life into them, so, I'll take God's example for when a human is "alive".
And..............when you stop breathing, you no longer are alive.
Well...That is what you believe and it is considered immoral by many who do not share your view of morality within the American culture.
The reason I called the American view a "hang up" is because over in Europe, it doesn't matter if you are wearing a top or not. Doesn't matter either way, because both are acceptable.
However...................if a woman takes off her top on a public beach here in America, she can be arrested for indecent exposure, as well as get a lot of rude comments from others about how "trashy" and "whorish" she is.
You'd also have a lot of mothers covering the eyes of their young sons and yelling at the woman.
THAT is why I said the American view is hung up.