The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

Monday, June 27, 2005

But the real question is...

"Without an absolute standard on which to stand, how is it that one human being can say to another what is morally wrong?"

F*ck! Sh*t! A*s! Truth!

What do all of these words have in common to the greater society? They are all linguistic expressions of profanity.

What is it about Absolute Truth and Absolute Standard that make one squirm? It may be the insinuations of the lack of control one has over what they consider to be their own being, their own mind, their own soul. This control is the control of one individual to have the "freedom" to vary and sway based on personal reason and regard. We live in a society that demands individualism which I find no fault in. However that individualism can very well and has to some extent, become a lesser form of self-idolatry.

The above quote was taken from a scientist featured on the PBS special, "The Question of God" that investigated the lives of Sigmund Feud and CS Lewis. Interesting. I'm not exactly sure if I can recall what it is that the quoted was personally getting at, however, I dissected it good 'ole fashioned Khristi style.

The question on everyone's mind is, "How can the Christian say to the Universalist or the Postmodernist who's right and who's wrong?" But, the real question is, "How is it that the Universalist or the Postmodernist can say to the Christian who's right and who's wrong?" By what standard do they hold to? The standard of individualism? And how can that be sturdy, when a mortal, fallible, human being such as themselves are creating this standard? When man decided that they could not achieve personal creation of the standard of absolute, they concluded that there was no such thing and devised a mere fabrication of it's contrary. Yet the question still remains:

"Without an absolute standard on which to stand, how is it that one human being can say to another what is morally wrong?"

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