Moral Relativism: Get your story straight!

For the last few days, I have been having a few conversations/debate/full blown arguments about a little thing called Moral Relativism. This is essentially the belief that culture, society, circumstance and personal opinion decide what is right or wrong for a person.

Me, I am more of a moral universalist. Being a Biblical Christian, I believe that God has clearly set forth standards that apply to each and every individual, regardless of their personal background, race, culture, gender, upbringing or what have you.

Some people will use the annoyingly post-modern phrase: Well, that's you're opinion. But you know, there are certain areas where the moral relativist has to either sacrifice their own conscience or admit to self contradiction and flaws in their belief.

Many moral relativists today will tell you that the Holocaust was a terrible thing. They may even go so far as to say it was wrong. But, how can they say that? They believe that right an wrong vary from culture to culture, society dictates what is right or wrong and societies differ around the world. We can't think to impose our "North American Opinions" on morality on another culture! That would just be intolerant! The Holocaust was not perpetrated by Hitler alone. He had the majority of Germany enshrouded in anti-semitic belief, and so according to society in Germany, the attempt at the genocide of the Jews was looked upon with favour! So, according to the moral relativists, the Nazis were justified in their actions. But many recoil at the mere thought of this, and deny this to be so. As such, they can no longer say that morality is relative, and they must admit that thre is a universal standard.

Once it is completed, I may post my upcoming project for my writer's craft course on here. I was assigned the task of creating a science fiction story (yay!) based on a philosophical idea. I decide to create a "what if...?" scenario. I am indebted to a friend of mine, a devoted moral relativist, for the idea. What if every country, nay, every person on earth was left to developp their own morality, and there was no checks, no balances, nothing to keep them from doing what is right in their own eyes? Sound familiar? Well, I should be done in a few weeks. So, you're just gonna have to keep checking back until its done!

Sincerely yours,

Adam

Numbers in Nature

So, I'm going to take a pause in the barely started back to basics post series, as I will most likely do frequently, to post an interesting point I came across in watching a fascinating crime show called Numb3rs. For those who have never seen the show, the two main characters are Don and Charlie, who are brothers. Don is an FBI agent. Charlie is a genius mathematician. The whole show deals with how Charlie uses his gift for mathmatics to help his brother solve crimes. IN one episode early on in the series, the main cast is sitting at the dinner table at Charlie's home, talking after their most recent success. Here is the link to the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFRTgr7MfWw&feature=related

I would love to here an evolutionist explain how such an intricate mathmatical sequence ncoded itself into nature, completely withoutany exterior programming. It hardly seems plausible. The existence of numerical patterns in nature, nay, the very existent of math and information itself is all part of God's general revelation to us. The specifics of God's character and will are revealed to us in His Word. However, there is a separate general revelation, which is found throughout nature and is knowable to absolutely everyone. It is a proof to His power, His beauty, and His very existence. One must merely open their eyes to the truth.

Fibonacci sequence in a flower happened by chance....yeah....sure!

Welcome!

Bienvenue! This is my first post on my first blog...ever. I want to start by explaining what it is this blog is all about. I have created this as a vessel for me to practice writing documents pertaining to biblical topics. The title of the blog is taken from 2 Timothy 2:15 which says "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." That is my goal here is to post various articles by me, which are about a wide variety of topics, based on whatever pops into my head at the time I happpen to be writing. They will all be biblically based.

Now, the ground rules for respondiong to my comments are as such: Please, no coarse language or blasphemy. Crude humour and any form of sexual innuendo is asked to be left out as well. I trust, though, that anyone reading this blog wouldn't think of doing these things anyway.

Thanks for checkin' out Dividing The Truth!

God Bless You All!

Adam