This post is part of larger blog series, “Tenets of Progressive Culture.” Read the intro post to learn who this blog series is for and what to expect. Previous posts in this series – My Truth: Defined and My Truth: Partial Truth & False Ideology.Christianity offers more than the "my truth" movement for three reasons: …
Continue reading The “My Truth” Movement: Why Christianity Offers More
This post is part of larger blog series, “Tenets of Progressive Culture.” Read the intro post to learn who this blog series is for and what to expect. Previous post in this series – My Truth: Defined Partial Truth: Anti-Conformity "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing …
Continue reading The “My Truth” Movement: Partial Truth & False Ideology
It appears that all this talk about morality and truth boils down to what you think of humankind. Are humans inherently good or bad? It seems as though relativists lean mostly toward good where absolutists lean toward bad. Relativists believe that people are inherently good and thus will make good decisions that positively impact society. …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part VII Final Thoughts
Contrast the first absolutist response with the second relativist response, Absolutist Argument: “It has to be absolute, logically. Just like there can’t be more than one truth, there can’t be opposing morals that are both right. I think the natural world reveals some of it. We all have a conscience. God’s Word is the ultimate …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part VI My Response to Common Absolutist Arguments
Two common arguments arose from the absolutist responses: The natural world reveals that opposing morals can’t both be right.Absence of belief in a higher authority or a Creator and denial of His truths leads to people searching for their own morality. The “Opposing morals can’t both be right” argument was supported by the following …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part V Common Absolutist Arguments
I’ve received some feedback regarding my last blog post. I agree it was confusing and didn’t clearly communicate my main point. Here’s a post to hopefully clear that up. My main point is that the In-Between-ists were correct in their understanding of where morality comes from, but they negated it by saying, “That’s just my …
One common argument arose from the In-Betweenist responses: Morality is absolute, but that’s true for me and not necessarily for everyone else. This argument was supported by the following statements. “That's a very interesting question! I believe that God decides what is good and evil, right and wrong, etc, so yes I think it is …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part IV Common In-Betweenist Arguments and My Response
Let’s start with the least common denominator. A common response from the relativists was that stealing, rape, and murder are immoral. How did all societies across all times and peoples decide that there is a single global morality? How does one know that killing is wrong if morality is not absolute? If morality is relative …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part III My Response to Common Relativist Arguments
Two common arguments arose from the relativist responses: Society constructs my morality.I construct my morality. The “Society constructs my morality” argument was supported by the following statements. “Morality is a social construct based on the needs of society for its’ own existence.” “I think morality is a social construct enforced by the communities we live …
Continue reading Is Morality Absolute: Part II Common Relativist Arguments
For the next few months, I have prepared a seven-part blog series for you. A post will be released every two weeks. Throughout the series, we ask and answer the question: Is Morality Absolute? Not too long ago, I posed the following question to various Facebook pages: “Personal question for you all. I’ve been studying …
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