Rosh Hashanah began at sundown on September 15 and continued through nightfall to September 17. Rosh Hashanah , the birthday of the universe, the day God created Adam and Eve, celebrates the Jewish year 5784. The most holy day of the Jewish year , Yom Kippur, begins on Sunday, September 24 and ends Monday, September 25 . This holy day is about fasting and prayer and to physically and morally cleanse oneself of sins so that God can forgive. Also, in this year, we have upcoming trials of a former president; debt crisis; natural disasters; political divide; and an increase in hate crimes against Jews and other minorities Morality pertaining to Jesus Christ and Albert Camus is today’s focus .
A psychological viewpoint related to morality behavior found in Exodus is as follows . The 10 Commandments provided a moral standard of behavior relating to how man should treat fellow man. Starting with the 10th commandment, "Thou shall not covet your neighbor's house; Thou shall not covet your neighbor's wife...... nor anything that is your neighbor's." Covet is related to envy, jealousy, possessiveness, green with envy, to want something very much especially something that belongs to someone else. It's an emotion , a positive valence desire ,impulse , positive or negative action associated with anxiety and an underlying ego needs such as loneliness, affiliation, sex , dominance, status, wealth, exploitation, submission, exhibition, or deference In other words, it's psychological , related to character that can be a conscious or unconscious and a deficit. that one attempts to fulfill. Humans have many ego needs that require fulfillment. And with capitalism and advertising taking advantage of man's ego needs, humans wind up with the accumulation of objects, things, people etc.. One has to keep up with the Joneses, one has to win the championship ,one has to have that special partner, articles of clothing, boats, residences and the list goes on. Capitalism would fail miserably without the desire to possess and this desire does not have to be rational or beneficial. To call a significant human emotion fantasy , or imagination that occurs in dreams a sin is a threat to capitalism and to man's pursuit of "happiness." In fact, Albert Einstein stated, "imagination is more important than knowledge."
Thou shall not kill is another commandment based on emotions and actions toward fellow man. Our republic has the most powerful military in the world and spends an enormous amount of our budget although we are unable to properly audit it. Our police force has the most updated armory and within their arsenal includes state of the art military issued killing weapons. Our police kill many and are even given permission by the Supreme Court to continue to engage in that behavior. In fact, the former president said he could kill in New York City and not be arrested. If killing is a sin, then our Republic exhibits evil behavior, but has not yet been charged with a war crime. Our republic was founded by, and the “father of our country is whom ? We experience many themes of killing found in novels , video games , movies, TV shows and witness frequent killings of helpless victims with the news .
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor and Thou shall not steal are other commandments. In fact, frequent disturbances of social conduct may reflect psychological problems especially during early middle childhood such as lying and stealing . Sometimes , lying is related to fear of failure in meeting parental or social expectations. Adults have permission to lie based on the freedom of speech amendment. And Trump's lying behavior is related to his inadequacy ,disregard for the truth and pathology .On the other hand, this genius may not be aware and knowledgeable of all his lies. If lying is a sin, Trump is the devil and associated with pure evil .
Stealing too may vary in the motivation it expresses. It may simply indicate a rather thoughtless giving in to an impulse of the moment or something more serious. However, it may indicate a serious psychological disturbance .Stealing may be a symbolic substitute for perceived lack of love and attention and/or as a means of expressing hostility towards parents for violating their standards . By getting caught ,stealing may serve as an unconscious way to punish oneself.
Coveting, killing, lying and stealing are frequent behaviors in our society and are called sinful by some . Irrespective , they are clearly amoral, hurtful and deadly when applied to other human beings. These aggressive behaviors require consequences like indictments, and incarceration. Notably, there are 27 states in our republic that have the death penalty. Revenge, retribution, an eye for an eye still prevails in this republic .
Albert Camus, the brilliant author, existential philosopher described absurdism , revolt ,murder, suicide , morality and other topics . He might have told Donald something like the following : it's obvious that you reject all forms of religious , moral , democratic, and scientific principles. Your inauthentic existence with emphasis on egotistical lies , with oppression, injustice , the malady of absurdity regarding a rebellion against democracy for the submission of others will only lead to a justification of your desire for domination which is your committed crime. This rebellion will lead to more slavery. And your use of propaganda to manipulate others works because of their despair and existential anxiety .Your push for rebellion, like others before you, could lead to corruption and a totalitarian dictatorship .
In essence, Donald, your rebellion is not about freedom but really about the nonexistence of any kind of morality within your terrestrial kingdom with your narcissistic principles of power and desire could result in the apocalypse of the republic. Your universe is insane with your false promises which is actually your desire for immortality and/or is your protest against your death. Yours, is not a rebellion , but a hatred of the creator and you will die simply because you prefer injustice to mutilated justice.
Jesus Christ might have said to Donald, it’s clear that you reject my moral teachings : Blessed are the poor, love thy neighbor, the Golden Rule and the 10 Commandments, Wealth is not a sign of virtue "And I say again unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God," and righteousness has nothing to do with those without need. In spite of your hypocritical lie that you're a believer , you are amoral, treat others abominably, disregard laws, mores, humanistic values and a threat to your Republic, I say to you "Father, forgive him for he knows not what he does."
Psychologically, Donald's malignant narcissistic and masochistic character tendencies within his sociopathic personality disturbances require consequences for his actions. He exhibits insane criminal behavior , He is not competent to stand trial , unable to testify at any of his trials and not able to fully assist his attorneys in understanding and fully participating in his defense. Further, he is not a candidate to be able to benefit from psychotherapy because of the severity of his mental illness.
In closing, morality is defined as the distinction between right and wrong, or good and bad behavior as related to that society. Donald, so far, has earned a failing letter grade for moral behavior. When I was in school, we received a letter grade for citizenship which is related to moral behavior. Our laws are well represented by the moral standards found in the 10 Commandments. With that being said, our Republic's morality will be exhibited during Donald's trials. Will the jurors in those trials find his amoral behaviors guilty or not guilty? Their verdict will provide additional data as to the importance, existence and degree of morality in our Republic.
Reference
Camus, Albert. The Rebel.
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