Everyone has heard the expression, let your conscience be your guide.

In fact, many people base their entire moral life on the idea that their conscience will

keep them from doing bad things.

I have something very important to tell you.

It won't, not for most people, and not most of the time.

Throughout Western history, people took it as a given that the conscience was not enough,

but God and God-based moral instruction were also necessary.

That so many people believe today that the conscience is all they need to act morally

is a product of modern secular society.

In fact, it's just one more example of the many irrational ideas that our secular society

has produced.

Others include men give birth, Western civilization is no better than any other, and if you're colorblind,

you're racist.

But none of these beliefs is more irrational than the belief that the conscience is all

you need, that it can replace God, the Bible, and Judeo-Christian values as a producer of

moral behavior.

The reality is that most people's consciences are to save the least, easily manipulated.

It is hard to imagine any aspect of human life more malleable than the conscience.

It's as malleable as putty and as sturdy.

If the conscience were morally effective, what evil doer or supporter of evil would sleep

well at night?

Yet people who commit evil weather for personal reasons, such as murderers, thieves, and

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