I Listen To My Parents And Wonder What They Believe

Everyone has different values when it comes to how we live their life. We all in a since, “Need, in other words, something to believe in that is larger than their own appetites and urges and, yes, bigger than their ‘psychological drives’. They (children) need a larger view of the world, a moral context, as it were---a faith addresses itself to the meaning of this life we all live and, soon enough, let go of.”(Coles, 563) This quote from Robert Coles, in his essay “I Listen to My Parents and Wonder What They Believe”, explains how children need to acquire morals that they live by so society can operate without the selfish ruining the lives of everyone else. It comes down to living together in cooperation as a people from values we have been taught or acquired. For me, my moral values come from two sources. My identity as a Christian and the set of values I am supposed to live by, and the values I have adapted from my family. My Christian values could be considered as part of my family values since that is where I adopted them from, but I have transformed or progressed in my faith from where my family values of Christianity began. Nonetheless, this is the two sources that have set guidelines for my life
The Golden Rule of Christianity coming from the words of Jesus, “Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.” (New International Version, Matthew 7:12) is the basis of my morals. This is what leads to a moral guideline for me to live in cooperation with others. Most religions or philosophical teachings have their own saying of the golden rule. Also generally the golden rule is taught just as part of our societal norm in this current age we live