Transcript STOPMethod
Christians can use the Bible and the Church as sources of authority Reflect on your own opinion on the authority of the Bible and the Church. What do you already know about the Bible? • How do you make a moral decision? • Where did you learn how to do this? • What is an appropriate way for Catholics to make moral decisions? Moral decisions are when you have to decide between what is the right and wrong thing to do. Believe it or not, most people use the Bible or the Church to help guide their moral decision making. The following is a Fool-proof (if you actually take the time to think through it) method of MDM The STOP Sign Method for Making Moral Decisions S.T.O.P E A R C H H I N K T H E R S R A Y SEARCH THINK OTHERS S.T.O.P.! PRAY 1. SEARCH out the facts: What? Why? Who? When? Where? To make Moral decisions you need to make INFORMED decisions! Remember these principles: • A good intention does not justify evil means to attain it. • If any part of the act is wrong (action, motive, circumstances) DONT DO IT 2. THINK about: •The Alternatives •The Consequences 3. OTHERS: Consult and Consider • Talk to other people • How your actions will affect them **The “OTHER” portion of the S.T.O.P Sign method does not take into consideration what other people are doing or what they think of your decisions because not everyone is a good model for Morality ** 4. PRAY! JESUS CONSCIENCE REASON and REVELATION VALUES CHURCH LAW INSTINCT IMAGINATION JESUS: Does this action serve others? Is it Loving? REASON/REVELATION: Is this action human? What does the Bible say about it? CHURCH: What does our Church teach about this moral issue? LAW: Consider the natural law as well as the civil, church, and Divine law. IMAGINATION: Are there any creative ways to solve this problem? INSTINCT: What do your “guts” tell you about this issue VALUES: List them as the relate to the issue and rank them Is the proposed act worth it? CONSCIENCE: Properly form it. Let it guide you. ACT. Answer the following questions in your notebook: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Things that I feel cannot change or do not have control over are: Things that are easy for me to make decisions about are: One bad habit that I could break is: One good habit that I could acquire is: A decision that I have made that affected others besides myself is: I feel like it is difficult to make a good decision when I am with ________(person) 7. I feel like it is difficult to make a good decision when I am at _________(place) 8. Two people that I admire and think are probably good decision makers are: 9. What about these people makes me feel that way? 10.One quick decision that I have made but am still feeling the consequences of (good or bad) is: 11.One decision that I wish I could change is: