Tuesday, 2 August 2011

When Moral No Longer Talk

The moral fabric of our nation seems increasingly torn apart by the events of violence, intolerance, and dehumanization are endless. Drama after drama of violence, massacres, and human sacrifice not just happen without the slightest disturbed conscience of this nation. "Nations who are mentally ill", to quote the opinion of Amien Rais. Nation is sinking into the valley of terror and immorality of the lowest abyss.
Fear, sadness, shame, regret, repentance is a part so the moral structure, now as if eroded from the culture of this nation. Acts of immorality as if it never stops hurting motherland. Attack on Ahmadiyya, fighting between the citizens, ethnic and religious conflict, until the bomb is justified for the sake of a false conscience. Moral no longer able to speak in this country. He turned off by a collective unconscious that is like an octopus gripped the nation's conscience and common sense.
According to Hans Enzensberger, chaos, brutality, and ignorance in the body of this nation is controlled by an industry that produces thought evil thoughts (Dreamers of the Absolute, 1973). Evil thoughts are creating chaos and instability in society. Products from industry thought this was a situation of uncertainty (turbulence) in the direction, purpose, and shape the development of society or country. They expertly creates hatred, chaos, and the threat that all false.
Libido energy community as stirred in a deep hatred and social conflicts are chronic. Although often considered a silent majority, they constructed a floating mass that easily ignited emotions, easily ingested promises, and the easier it is to believe provocative issues. See the blurring of moral boundaries in our society these days, no longer possible we are able to meneropongnya of glasses are common morality. Condition that is now developing in our society is as it was called George Bataille as a "hyper-morality" (Literature and Evil, 1990). Hyper-morality is a condition in which the measures of morality that there can not be held longer, because the situation that has evolved beyond the boundaries of good and evil.
True political observers said Burhanudin Muhtadi, "The Indonesian people are more pious, but also increasingly turning". Affirmations should we give to the statement, was not a secret anymore if the quantity of our nation is getting better spiritually. Evident from the number of building houses of worship, membludaknya impressions-religious television show complete with greatness and his message, the veil that has started many worn by Muslim women, as well as the mushrooming of religious organizations in Indonesia.
But why that happens is intolerance? Is the moral degradation our nation is so bad, so despite its religious quality improved, but the quality of humanity fade? The name of religion, many persons who also claimed religion, commit violence against their fellow creatures of God, simply because they do not like-minded, just because they are considered deviant, and just because they are considered "different". In fact, whatever the meaning of that difference in Indonesia? Have not we are a country that had unity in diversity, where although we are different, but still one also?
Is getting people closer to their Creator, then everything that is not transcendent must be marginalized? Should humanism, morality, and attitudes tepo seliro defeated by a personal desire for the solemn worship, but do not want others to also enjoy it? If so, the individuals are also doing a big sin by ignoring the moral side of man, the origin of God's gift, too.
Conception of the Christian cross is very interesting. Vertical side represents the relationship between man and God, while the horizontal represents the relationship between man and his neighbor. So, people should not drive out the human interest side just because of the differences that are temporal, but as fellow creatures of His creation equally fight for the divinity and humanity.

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