Moral Relativism

Christians have been persecuted around the world for centuries. Under the protections provided us by our Constitution, we have enjoyed the relative freedom to believe and worship as we choose in the United States. The separation of church and state is part of the genius of our Constitution, but it is the First Amendment free exercise clause that is increasingly being infringed upon, constraining religious liberty, particularly Christianity. I believe we are entering into a war to retain this right. Peer pressure is being used to exploit our human need to be accepted and liked by those around us to force agendas contrary to our faith. Our country’s traditional values initially based on Christian ethics have come into conflict with a humanistic …show more content…
Moral relativism isn’t new. It’s what motivated the original sin in the Garden of Eden and it’s still the motivation behind any sin. Due to our sin nature, we want to do what we want when we want without repercussion. We are filled with an overwhelming sense of self that causes us to attempt justification for decisions of morality and sin. As with relativism, we want to be our own god, to make our own decisions without moral constraints. More than any other point in history, moral relativism has been taken to a new level. It is applauded and celebrated, and those who disagree are openly mocked and heatedly …show more content…
The Roman republic declined and ultimately fell when it lost its unifying ideology by becoming too large and diverse. Our culture and its ideals are changing daily. Traditional views of gender, marriage, and sexuality become more progressive, while conservative Christians feel increasing pressure to accept such views. Unbelievers not only give in to all kinds of immorality, but also give vigorous support and public approval to those who do. Some who once followed God have watered down their commitment or stopped acknowledging Him altogether. It becomes then a question of ethics versus morals, similar on the surface, but with serious consequences without an underlying belief. Yes, it’s hard to see those perfectly nice people in our world that have no use for God and know how it’s going to end. “Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due