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My Beliefs, My Opinions, My Truth
What exactly is a post-truth culture? It’s a culture where truth is no longer an objective reality. It has become subjective. It’s what’s true for me—my beliefs, my opinions, determine my truth. Dr. Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, sums it up as the mindset that
All truth is relative, all truth claims are relativized, and all statements of what might be called traditional or conservative moral judgment are just very well disguised efforts at oppression.
He provides an example of how this works. When a Bible-believing Christian says, “Homosexuality is wrong,” our post-truth culture hears, “I don’t like gays.” Since objective truth doesn’t exist in their minds, “Homosexuality is wrong” isn’t an objective truth claim. It’s personal belief, opinion, or truth—and an intolerant, oppressive one in their view—that’s based on emotion. So it translates in their minds to “I hate gays.”
What Happens When Man Determines Truth?
So in our post-truth culture, man determines truth. Man makes himself the ultimate authority. This starting point, which rejects God’s Word and the idea of moral absolutes, makes truth subjective. Does this work?
Let’s think about this. If my truth is different from your truth, then you can’t tell me what to do any more than I can tell you what to do. If I believe homosexuality is wrong, who are you to tell me it isn’t? I have my opinion, and you have yours. For that matter, if stealing your wallet is right for me, you can’t tell me it’s wrong. Because, in this view, it’s not wrong; it’s just not right for you. Such a concept of moral truth simply cannot work in any society. Someone ends up deciding truth, and usually it’s those with the most power or money. As the adage goes in such a situation, “Might makes right.”
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Man doesn't determine truth. Man can reject truth. Man can invent ideas that aren't truth, or follow ideologies that aren't truth, but man doesn't invent truth.
Truth is absolute. You can choose to believe it or not, but you can't invent your own truth.
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My Beliefs, My Opinions, My Truth
What exactly is a post-truth culture? It’s a culture where truth is no longer an objective reality. It has become subjective. It’s what’s true for me—my beliefs, my opinions, determine my truth. Dr. Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, sums it up as the mindset that
All truth is relative, all truth claims are relativized, and all statements of what might be called traditional or conservative moral judgment are just very well disguised efforts at oppression.
He provides an example of how this works. When a Bible-believing Christian says, “Homosexuality is wrong,” our post-truth culture hears, “I don’t like gays.” Since objective truth doesn’t exist in their minds, “Homosexuality is wrong” isn’t an objective truth claim. It’s personal belief, opinion, or truth—and an intolerant, oppressive one in their view—that’s based on emotion. So it translates in their minds to “I hate gays.”
What Happens When Man Determines Truth?
So in our post-truth culture, man determines truth. Man makes himself the ultimate authority. This starting point, which rejects God’s Word and the idea of moral absolutes, makes truth subjective. Does this work?
Let’s think about this. If my truth is different from your truth, then you can’t tell me what to do any more than I can tell you what to do. If I believe homosexuality is wrong, who are you to tell me it isn’t? I have my opinion, and you have yours. For that matter, if stealing your wallet is right for me, you can’t tell me it’s wrong. Because, in this view, it’s not wrong; it’s just not right for you. Such a concept of moral truth simply cannot work in any society. Someone ends up deciding truth, and usually it’s those with the most power or money. As the adage goes in such a situation, “Might makes right.” Thanks for posting, Ringman. Please post a link to the source. BTW, I find delicious the irony in this section: ... all statements of what might be called traditional or conservative moral judgment are just very well disguised efforts at oppression. In actuality, the precise opposite is true, as the second part of your OP makes clear.
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS
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achadwick,
It is in this article What Word Sums Up 2016? at aig.com.
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I'm not gay, just like to have a good time
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That link didn't work for me. Try this one. https://answersingenesis.org
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I'm not gay, just like to have a good time Having a good time does not require breaking God's laws. As a Christian I don't see any difference in homosexual activity or fornication or adultery. In fact once I start to think about that sort of thing, I could add running stop signs and speeding. All sin is against God.
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Ringman, thanks for posting.
I do have to disagree, though, with your last post.
There is a difference between homosexual activity and running a stop sign or speeding.
Some sins are so heinous that they sink to a greater level of depravity than other sins.
* running a stop sign and speeding might be consider sins, but would be "chata" at most which means "missing the mark".
* living a homosexual lifestyle would be living in rebellion against God, which is "pesha".
* there is another level called "avon/anon" that falls between the first 2 levels in seriousness of sin. This is translated as iniquity.
these are the 3 main types of sin, the worst being rebellion.
One could also throw in the idea of a particular sin being an abomination, which living the homosexual lifestyle falls into that category also. but homosexual behavior is certainly not the only sin that is an abomination.
Now, it is true that all sins are equal in one way, in that sin (sin that has not been repented for) can send you to hell, and that includes any sin, but the Bible makes it clear that there are types of sin that God hates worse than other types.
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I don't recall seeing anything about running stop signs or speeding in the Bible. They might be against the law, but they're not sins. Homosexuality, fornication, and adultery might not be against the law, but they're sins.
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Read Romans 13. It's quite clear about state's laws are God's laws.
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