Christian Humanism

• You shall not steal God is the owner of all things hence sacred, stealing is a violation of God’s property.
• The choice should be guided by the judgement of our conscience which is formed and shaped by the objective moral laws.
• Respect for property, honesty, integrity, hard work, and perseverance.
• Theft, dishonesty, deceit, fraud, and corruption.
• You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor God is the truth and speaks the truth, hence bearing false witness against a neighbor is a violation of God’s truth.
• Truth, honesty, integrity, respect for others, respect for the truth, and respect for the law.
• Lying, deceit, deception, slander, and libel.
• You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods God is the owner of all things hence sacred, coveting your neighbor’s goods is a violation of God’s property.
• Envy, jealousy, greed, and avarice.
• Rationalization and desensitization are ways of downplaying cheating.
• Civil law serves the welfare of the society.
• Sin as the greatest obstacle to true freedom is a rejection of the good to which our conscience directs us.
• Stealing, cheating, vandalism are examples of impure and lustful thoughts.
• The reality of sin challenged man’s everyday moral living.
• An erroneous notion that an act is not evil if almost everybody is doing it is a part of the norm of society.
• Contentment, gratefulness are virtues that are rooted in impure thoughts and desires.
• We are graced by God with the same dignity to love God and love others, our choices should always be in the context of respecting and upholding the dignity of others.
• To triumph over sin is to go back into the source of who we truly are, created in the likeness of God whose perfect exemplar is Jesus.
• Refusing to steal is an outward action in following the teaching that the resources of the earth are the goods for all.
• Jesus triumphed over sin because of His great love to His father and to mankind.
• Marriage Laws: Canon law governs the requirements and procedures for marriage within the Church, including impediments to marriage, the form of the ceremony, and the dissolution of marriages.
• Church law is rooted from Christ’s law of love, such interpretations express in particular circumstances in a Christian life.
• Sin exists in the world because of man’s abuse of freedom, when we choose to refuse to listen to our conscience, and denies the truth of God’s law.
• Fair, just, simplicity, generosity are virtues that are rooted in stealing.
• Purity of thought and desires refers to the inner temptation to crave and desire for something.
• You shall not steal speaks of the value of human relationship governed by justice and love.
• Civil law is human made decrees that are binding to all citizens, often rooted or are application of the natural law and adheres mostly to the divine law.
• Liturgy Regulations: Canon law outlines rules for celebrating the sacraments, including the Mass, baptism, marriage, and the Eucharist.
• Church laws, often referred to as canon law in the Catholic Church, govern various aspects of religious practice, organizational structure, and moral conduct within the Church.
• Sin as a part of growth and human development is a license to try all sorts of experiences in the name of personal growth, even if these experiences create negative habits and attitudes, that in the process, hurt their relationship with others.
• Viewing freedom as absolute is the absence of the sense of other’s freedom e.g., freedom to live, peace, harmony and etc.