How To Make Better Choices

 

I’m an old man of 75 years and I continue to be amazed at how ignorant I’ve been— in some cases—about being able to make good choices.  One of the things I’ve consistently ignored are my gut feelings.  When I ignore them I always come up with a bad result.  But the most common error that we all make is to not check the morality of something before taking any action or forming an opinion.  

I think it may be useful to put in a form of a mental check-list to use so that we can make intelligent decisions.  I used to go to flight training years ago, and one good instrument for survival was the check list.  It was anything from 10-15 different things to check before going on a flight.  It is easy to forget one thing, but that one thing could be fatal.  However, I’m not going to make a check-list that long but it might come in handy to have a short one in the back of our minds:

• Is it good?
• Is it evil?
• Is it right?
• Is it wrong?
• Is it true?
• Is it false?

This should be enough to set a man on the right path to making good choices and decisions.  For example, when I’m reading something, I check for satanic symbols.  If I see those in the writing, I don’t take it too seriously or I simply stop reading the material.  There is usually some form of disclosure in the book or article.  If I see the word “evolution” in any writing, I automatically disregard it because the author is too stupid if he believes in it.  Same with the word “human” which means a “bipedal primate mammal”—a monkey.  Life is too short to be taking in anymore nonsense into  my mind.  If something is on an evil foundation or a foundation of error, I try not to pay any attention to it.  A corrupt foundation will always lead to a bad result.  There is no value in the lie nor inaccurate information so why use it?  This short check-list helps me a lot in keeping myself out of trouble.

Related:

I’m Not Human

Evolution: You’ve Got to be Kidding

Walter Allen Thompson is the author of Natural Law:Supreme Law of the Land