Do Christians have a different morality? Aren't Christians always comfronted with a different version of morality in the world? Why Christians seem to be condemned to have a more restrictive vision of morality? Is that conservative standard of morality dictated by human traditions or can they be traced to Jesus Himself? Where do Christians derive their extra set of moral obligations? Are Christians impel to impose their Christian morals on the rest of society?
Christian morality is not an extra set of moral obligations invented by Christians. While morality, in general, is the art of attaining human fulfillment through our voluntary actions, Christian morality, in particular, is God's action that assists human voluntary actions to attain human fulfillment. The pursuit of human completeness is something we are all drawn to. However, we soon realize that our needs are greater than our capacity to satisfy them. Therefore we need an intervention of an entity that can fulfill us. Only the God who created us can perform our humanity fully with his encarnation, and can therefore assist us with his grace, so that we too can fulfill our own humanity.Â
Human morality is the empowerment to become better humans; Christian morality is God's empowerments (graces) for us to be able to be what we are meant to be.