What is the causes of immorality?

Answer 1

I can think of three types of "immorality", maybe there are more... One is a social concept. A person could be considered "immoral" because they wear their skirts too short or because of who they sleep with. Immorality in this sense is simply deviation from a social norm. This sort of "immorality" is caused by an individual who believes they don't have to abide by the social norms. Second, you have a religious concept. It's pretty much the same as the social concept, same variation by social group, but the religious people believe that "GOD" is the one that gives them the authority do say what is immoral and what is not. They believe that being a "sinner" is what makes a person immoral and changing to their brand of religion will keep a person from being immoral. There are many immoral people in church and behind the pulpit that can prove that religious belief does not save one from "immorality". Third, there is a Spiritual concept. If one believes in a loving God that would unite the whole of the universe and mankind in peace and harmony, then immorality is simply going against that plan of unity and harmony. If a person does someting to harm the earth or their brother or sister then they are harming the Whole, including themselves. The cause of immorality in this case is being against God, Spirit, the Whole of Life. Ironically, the third concept is the same as the second to those who realize that following a religion is not as important as following God. Two thousand years ago Yeshua (called Jesus in the Greek) taught that "The time has come and now is , to worship God in Spirit and in Truth".

Answer 2

1) "Stolen waters are sweet" (Proverbs 9:17). Forbidden things have an irrational appeal because they are forbidden. 2) The example of one's surroundings and earlier generations.

3) Sinning is easy. It takes deliberate effort to avoid it.

4) God tests us by having created a human inclination to do what is wrong (Genesis 8:21).

Answer 3

First of all, immorality is entirely unrelated to religion. It is a human weakness that strikes the highly religious no less often than the non-religious.

There are many causes of immorality, but fundamentally we can say it results more often than not from not having good role models as a child.