If we as society wholesale divested from Media systems like Hollywood there would likely be less adultery in the World. We as a society have not divested wholesale from Hollywood, Rock Music, Drugs, Sex, and Rock and Roll. Leaving the idea of stoning for adultery in place while not wholesale divesting gives far less than ideal feeling of what is justice inspired correctly. Society invests in systems and design that is far from all sin out yet punishes a few seems like has shown precedent in history for being the norm. Children walking through NorthPark Mall (Dallas, TX) likely see the Lingerie store ads, yet we as a society have sufficiently turned down stoning for adultery as a valid and just system? Society that invests in systems and ideas of justice that potentially do not sufficiently protect future generations seems ideal?
Forgiveness and Grace not invested in sufficiently, calling out wrongs of a few while overlooking the repetitive wrongs of many and systemic design that benefits a subset of society has shown historic precedent and has broad implications that would be more ideal to divest from in advance.
I like Movies, Rock Music, and Lingerie stores as part of society, yet I realize that if all were removed there would likely be less adultery in the world. I like great entertainment yet I don’t want to facilitate misery for others – making my position one a bit more difficult to hold. Will amp more ideally for some, likely those with better support and stronger brands likely not fully perceived and comprehended. Base model of what society amplifies has shown precedent for delivering less than sufficiently over time.
Orphan skips school goes to mall, winds up in bars after 18, winds up in strip clubs, then run off a cliff for adultery impossible in this world? Bars next to cliffs might amp in less than sufficient ways. God will ideally protect from those kinds of things, people don’t need prayers and support to help prevent things like that from happening seems like it has shown precedent for delivering less than ideally.
People that commit adultery need to be protected in society? I think so, yet has potential to amplify less than ideal thought paths. Look at with lust has committed adultery in their heart factors into categorize and classify, potential for a large portion of society held to a bar society far from ideally invests in. I don’t want to be stoned for walking through a mall and seeing a lingerie ad? True. Same logic that goes into bombing abortion clinics could be used – less sin in the world to a more ideal system. Wherever you sit on the debate bombing and murder, breaking laws of society versus trying to actually change the parts of society that create the problems in the first place seems to be convolution, and contortion of what justice actually represents.
People don’t ideally judge sin, make decisions based on perception of sin based on limited and obfuscated data while not always factoring in societal and systemic design that profits a subset. People don’t have to ideally agree upon what is sin for them to judge and punish others for it. Pushed out in the street, then given a ticket for jaywalking? Possible. That is one example though likely not the best example. People have potential for punishing sins in others that they would not want punished in themselves or others they care about, punishment, assessment, judgment, and perception of what is and what constitutes justice amps less than sufficiently at times.
The grace and forgiveness we turn up in others might factor into better decisions that might save their life and other’s life one day? True. That other might be us? True.
Generally, trials have Prosecution, Defense, and Judge. Is that design ideal for the future of society? Does that always lead to systemic changes and additions that need to be made based on each case being addressed in society? Systemic design exists thus we have potential for setting it to ideal without always considering possible improvements to design that might benefit all parties including society. Innovation in Societal Design seen as less valuable is likely to lead to less progress and breakthroughs. That said change is both constant and has shown precedent for amplifying less than sufficiently for all parties in society. Changes and Additions to more value for all in society is far from an ideal system, is far from guaranteed without investment in time, thought, resources, and reflection. Who judges, who assesses what is sufficient and what is adequate, what is ideal matters in not fully appreciated likely not fully comprehensible ways.
How society is designed factors into concepts and valuations of what and what does not constitute justice and what is fair/equal treatment.
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