{"id":93437,"date":"2026-01-24T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=93437"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:12:14","slug":"why-do-we-all-believe-in-right-and-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-do-we-all-believe-in-right-and-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We All Believe in Right and Wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Doy Moyer<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why do we ALL believe in right and wrong?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kz7rPzDKqxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Across cultures, times, and worldviews, humans share a deep sense of moral obligation-a feeling that some things ought to be done and others ought not. But where does that sense come from? Is morality something we invent as societies&#8230; or is our conscience discovering something real?\u00a0In this video, Doy Moyer explores the philosophical and biblical foundations of morality. We look at why moral outrage, justice, guilt, and accountability only make sense if there is an objective moral standard-and why a purely material or godless worldview struggles to explain why right and wrong feel binding rather than optional.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Doy Moyer via InLight Media Across cultures, times, and worldviews, humans share a deep sense of moral obligation-a feeling that some things ought to be done and others ought not. But where does that sense come from? Is morality something we invent as societies&#8230; or is our conscience discovering something real?\u00a0In this video, Doy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[199,38],"class_list":["post-93437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-ethics","tag-morality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84617,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/standards-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":93437,"position":0},"title":"Standards (Moyer)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Standards are common. 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