hello, i am back again...juz tot of posting another thread on
one of those fine line issues...so clear or dead conscience, is
there a diff? below is my illustration...
a man is dying of cancer, everyday he has to take large doses of
painkillers to ease himself from the sufferings. after taking
painkillers, the pain leaves him. he can nw feel at ease for next
few hrs. nw the qn is: has the pain indeed left him? the man is nt
in pain anymore for few hrs but is the pain stil there? sadly the
answer is yes. the truth is the pain nvr left him. it was n has
been there all along. the man dun feel it cos the nerves of tat
particular organ had been numbed. hence he cun feel the pain though
the pain is stil there...
wad does the above illustration mean? u see, a dead conscience is
juz like the effects of painkillers. i have heard many who do
undesirable things then say: my conscience is clear...is tat realli
true? or is it cos they have done the same undesirable act so many
times until they no longer tink its wrong? in tis case, its nt a
clear conscience we r toking abt...its a dead conscience. a cead
conscience has no guilt, shame or remorse. but the absence of these
feelings doesnt mean our conscience is clear. truth is these
feelings stil exist but because we have done the same wrong thing
so many times, our conscience has been numbed to guilt, shame n
remorse. in fact, a dead conscience is wad cos many to keep sinning
wilfully.
forumers, be careful when u say u have a clear conscience. examine
urself...make sure its realli a clear conscience n nt a dead
conscience. most of the time, when we do wrong, we wil feel guilt,
shame n remorse but when we do wrong so often, these feelings wil
slowly seem to fade away over time. though truth is they r stil
there, we can no longer feel them.
like wad adolf hitler once said: a lie when told often enuff, loud
enuff n big enuff, it becomes a truth...