Woe to those who say that ... bad is good.-Isa. 5:20Our conscience is a powerful thing. We shouldn't knock it or ignore it. One psychologist remarked that when Adam and Eve sinned, their "eyes were opened. They becamse self-conscious. In shame, they hid themselves." God created them naked in the beginning. But, after they sinned, they decided that being naked was shameful, so they "sewed fig leaves together and made loin coverings for themselves". (Gen. 3:7)
They really didn't become self-aware, being aware of themselves already. God put the conscience in the human body, and properly trained, it works. Even Paul described people as having a conscience within themselves, even without law. (Rom. 2:14)
We properly train our conscience by reading God's Word and meditating on it. When we do something wrong, it's not wise to just brush it off and say, "Oh well. That's just me." We also should not justify our actions as being right, but compare these actions with what Jehovah requires.
So, let us refrain from saying "bad" is "good" and "good" is "bad".
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