Moral Absolutes

Moral absolutes vs. no absolutes. Depending on your background a battle summarized as, Decarte vs. Nietche, Western thought vs. Eastern thought, and God and His legions of angels vs. Lucifer and his horde of demons. I would like to address the existence moral absolutes by examining the fact by the three ways we can know truth, experience, reason (or logic), and revelation. Because of the advances of post-modernism and people desiring to do whatever they want, many people believe that my generation will provide the soldiers in a final stand, the last battle, or epilogue of the war for truth. I feel a need to reach out to my peers and equip them to face the conflicts that will arise in their classrooms, work places, and, unfortunately, their churches.

Experience:
Doubting Thomas example. Post-modern people sometimes feel that you can dictate your own truth and what is wrong to you can be right to me. For instance, I could say that a tennis ball is bright orange, but Aaron could say that the tennis ball is yellow. The law of non-contradiction says that we cannot both be right, however, some people would say that we can both be right. By using our five senses we can discern truth. In the case of Thomas the disciple, upon seeing Christ he wanted physical evidence, he wanted confirmation.

“Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”” (John 20: 24-27)

Reasoning:
Logically we can deduce that absolutes exist. To begin with, if you say that there are no absolutes, you have just stated an absolute. However, because logic resides in a mental state, many people disregard it’s validity, even Christians. Why? For Christians, reasoning alone allows the opportunity to rationalize any action or behavior. Secular minded people do not like logic because it requires people to systematically through an idea and when people carefully think through an issue sometimes they figure out how foolish an idea really is, i.e. global warming. “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” (Proverbs 25:2)

Revelation:
Revelation provides the most accurate and infallible source of truth. “Your word is truth.” (John 17:17b) However, it requires faith to be considered credible. Currently, the Bible exists as the most readily available ways of obtaining revelation since the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It also provides truth that will always over rule experience and reason if it comes to a fight over who’s right. Using the Bible as the final word on any matter is incredibly vital no matter who and where you are in the world.

Is the Emergent Church post-modern? Do they deny absolutes? As with all issues each promoter or church requires a case by case examination. For instance, Brian Mclaren, claims that he is not post-modern because the meaning of post-modern has been simplified too much. The main goal of this article focuses on showing proof of absolutes. The best evidence of moral absolutes lies in the fact that God always keeps His promises.

Bottom Line: “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. (Genesis 17:7)