In an era where everything is relative to ones moral compass or confused direction people are confused about truth, absolutes, and facts. Everything has been turned into what the cultural says is normal must be the way to go. All I can say to how people think today is don’t be misled and deny claims of objectivity. One article I recently read from the Applied Sentience site states:
Cultural Relativism would certainly say that the person from a tolerant culture ought to be tolerant. But it would also say that a person from an intolerant culture ought to be intolerant. And with the very same force that we in our culture might be required to be tolerant, others should be intolerant. What is right for each is simply what their respective cultures says is right – and yours arbitrarily says to be tolerant.
This I have heard from various people claiming to be Christian in conversations concerning scripture. What is argued is the the scriptures means different things to different people, and everyone interprets it differently based on their cultural understanding. There is one one gospel. Only one Jesus Christ. Only one faith, and not multiple versions of them. That I why I chose to use the scripture selected below because it resembles relativism.
In 1 Corinthians 15:31–33 (NIV) Paul reminds people “then” concerning the resurrection, and “today” Paul’s rebuke of those in Corinth echos true since there are many who do not believe in the resurrection while calling themselves followers of Jesus. There were bad actors then as there are today.
I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
Today there are people who do not believe in absolutes–better known as relativism, and the doctrine of relativism has crept into many denominations.
What is relativism? “The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.”
If you see this doctrine played out where you attend, do not continue being misled—leave!
Michael.
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