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| Forget Nietzsche! Relativism is Bankrupt. |
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“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist,” Friedrich Nietzsche
I haven't read any of the great philosophical works yet. This, I suppose, makes me an armchair philosopher, a hack. The link at the bottom has a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche. But from what I have learned in my travels thus far, I'm able to see that the quote is absolute nonsense! If Nietzsche impressed generations with his words, I am able to see right through them and see them for the illogic they are. I'm honestly shocked. I had figured their minds were far beyond what I am capable of comprehending. But now I think I'd tend to agree with A.S.A. Jones (www.ex-atheist.com), who (albeit arrogantly) stated in a debate that those great minds were "full of poo" (paraphrased).
The link below is a fantastically-good resource. I mean, really! Very well-written. Relativism is a cancer in American society, and it has spread to the Church. According to Barna polls, in 2000, 38% of American adults believed in absolute moral truth. In 2001, this dropped to 22%. Among adults who attend non-mainline Protestant churches, only 32% believe in absolute moral truth. Among the self-proclaimed "born-again", this is also only 32%! ( Source.)
My theory: If one denies an absolute Moral Lawgiver, logically, one must become a relativist, as there is now no basis for morality, never mind that relativism is logically bankrupt -- it's the secularist's only option. This, I believe, is what is happening in America. What the Church needs to realize is that relativism is in complete contradiction with the God of the Bible and relativism needs to be spit out as one spits out poison. The Christian who accepts a Moral Lawgiver has no reason to buy into the bankruptcy of relativism. "I am the way, the truth, and the life..." (John 14:6)
The link below will give you some quick tools to recognize and combat relativism in every-day conversation. Of all the "isms" I've studied, relativism is the easiest to deal with. It's also the most prevalent.
Da Link: http://www.carm.org/relativism.htm |
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| To add a comment to "Forget Nietzsche! Relativism is Bankrupt." |
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| August 06, 2007 |
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| Nietzsche was a scary, scary man... |
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| August 06, 2007 |
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| I've been to carm.org before, I agree it's a great site. Youth Pastor Chris first introduced me to it. ~mike |
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| August 07, 2007 |
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Along with the doublethink that relativism is "above logic," I'm reminded of the Hindu concept of "both-and". For example, God can be both a personal god and an impersonal god. Ravi Zacharias logically pummeled a Hindu once on his broadcast. The Hindu kept asserting, "'Either-or' is a Western concept! 'Both-and' is the Eastern way of thinking." Ravi said, "So, you're telling me I must either use the 'either-or' or the 'both-and' system?" The Hindu paused, looked at Ravi, and said, "The 'either-or' does tend to creep in there, doesn't it?" To think that people can be tricked so easily into illogic is quite scarry! I think this is a glimpse into the end-times. |
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| August 13, 2007 |
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| You should check out "The Universe Next Door" by James Sire! |
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| August 13, 2007 |
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| Pastor Tim, that story sounds like a case of a blind zealot, in fact blinded by her zealotry. |
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| February 14, 2008 |
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I think Nietzsche was reflecting the culture around him. One thing about him... he logically lived out his conclusions, which most do not do. He died in an insane asylum. Most people today do not realize the inconsistencies that they live with on a day-to-day basis. Carm is an excellent site. Thanks for your article Eric! Oh, I've also got a great book that I've had for years, and still haven't read completely through. It's called Intellectuals by Phillip Johnson. Here's what the review says on Amazon...
This is the kind of book that is either going to inspire or infuriate you, but it should provoke valuable discussion and thought in either case. Johnson's thesis is quite simple: the revolutionary thinkers whose ideas have shaped intellectual history over the past 250 years were, for the most part, lousy human beings. These were not not common or garden variety jerks but personalities whose flaws were so manifest that they must call into question the value of the theories they generated.
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