A Case of Relative Absolutes
We as a society have strayed from absolutes. Moral relativism is the rule of the day. We have all heard one or more of the following statements:
- What’s true for you may not be true for me.
- One person’s art is another person’s pornography.
- There are no objective morals, just differing opinions.
- If it feels good, do it.
- Anything goes.
- No culture is better or worse than another.
Many people today believe that you and I can believe in whatever truth we want, so long as you respect my truth and I respect yours. It grows out of the conviction that there are no universal standards of good or bad, right or wrong, normal or abnormal. All truth is relative.
Many Americans believe that there is no such thing as absolute truth. Worse still, many of those who claim to have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ also side with the national majority in believing that there is no such thing as absolute truth. The Ten Commandments have been banned from schools and from courtrooms.
The very foundations of our society are crumbling beneath our feet because we are no longer built on a solid foundation that distinguishes right from wrong. The moral foundation our country’s forefathers established was based upon a solid faith in God and an understanding of His Word. Consider the words of James Madison, fourth president of the United States: “We stake the future of this country on our ability to govern ourselves under the principles of the Ten Commandments.”
We all must have a set of absolutes that we live by. Otherwise, why is your definition of right or wrong any better than mine?
Through the Ten Commandments, God gives us a pattern to live by—a clear set of absolutes whereby we may know right from wrong, good from evil, and true from false.
