Hi Carla,

I believe everyone has their own moral standards, but I don't think they are "absolute". I think only that comes from God. Modern society, for example, says it's ok to abort a baby. If society judges what is moral, that is perfectly acceptable. But is abortion morally acceptable because society says it is? As the former pope said "truth is not a majority vote".

I believe absolute morality comes from God - in whatever way one reaches out to the divine. Christians don't have the monopoly on morality. There are millions of Christians who are prepared to abort their baby on birth control pills for the sake of convenient sex, but pagans who will not use hormonal birth control out of respect for life. Catholics (both Roman and Orthodox) also regard such birth controls as immoral). I will not join a Protestant church for as long as they continue to teach that abortaficients are morally acceptable. I totally believe life begins at conception. I rather be Catholic and feel I can't live up to their high moral standards, than in a church that has lower standards.

I do think that Christianity has the ideal moral code, but that doesn't mean all Christians live by it.