No one is good except God

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” Mark 10:18

We all want to think of ourselves as good and moral people. But are we? To answer that means we have to define what “good” really means, but more importantly, who defines it. It can be argued that last part breaks down into three main sources, myself, society and God, all of which are often intertwined to varying degrees.

The first one is easy...no explanation needed, including the tacit dangers thereof.

“Society” is far more complex and far too much to get into here. As just one example we live with now,...