Robin SmithA few years back, I read a compelling argument that without the judgment of God that declares specific acts, behaviors and thoughts to be wrong, he, in turn, cannot declare that which is right, good, decent and blessed.
The recent focus regarding the lack of respect toward authority figures and a disregard for others may find its roots in this argument.
The philosophy that discounts and rejects moral absolutes and embraces the secular call to “coexist” and “whatever” lies at the core of the cultural mess we find ourselves in during 2014. Individuals determine their own definition of right versus wrong, decency versus indecency, and define “justice” on the plane of social equality that seeks equal outcome versus equal opportunity.
Without an agreement of right versus wrong, we endure media stories of a woman knocked out by a professional athlete on a video recording with the absurd question posed with a straight face: “Will Ray Rice’s professional football career continue?”
Without a sense of “justice” that rewards acts that are “good” and “right” while swiftly punishing that which is “wrong,” we deal with the objectifying of men, women, at-risk teens, and even children as sex toys due to the pornography industry, which is flush with profit and sells human life and dignity for the personal gratification of perverts and sex addicts under the protected banner of “speech.”