{"id":5664,"date":"2018-01-06T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2018-01-06T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T23:09:00","slug":"its-all-relative-or-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/2018\/01\/06\/its-all-relative-or-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Its All Relative&#8230; Or is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kelly Epperson<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring World War II, the Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews and anywhere from 5 to 11 million others, including people with mental and physical disabilities,\u00a0Polish\u00a0civilians, Romanians, and political and religious opponents. \u202fTheir methods included slave labor at concentration camps, starvation, mass shootings, and gas chambers, where the victims were locked into a \u201cshower\u201d before being doused in toxic gas. \u202fRudolf\u00a0H\u00f6\u00df, a commandant at one of the extermination camps, said that \u201cthe foul and nauseating stench from the continuous burning of bodies permeated the entire area&#8230;\u201d(<i>Nuremburg Trials<\/i>, 1946)\u00a0What\u00a0we know as the Holocaust is one of the largest genocides recorded in history.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nBut I can\u2019t say it was morally wrong.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nWhile a large number of people would be shocked at that statement, that group does not include those who believe in\u00a0<i>moral relativism<\/i>, which is the belief that there is no absolute and universal moral standard by which to judge others. \u202fAccording to one professor in upstate New York, \u201c10 to 20 percent of his students could not bring themselves to criticize the Nazi extermination of Europe\u2019s Jews\u201d because \u201cno culture can be judged from the outside and no individual can challenge the moral worldview of another.\u201d(Leo, 2002) \u202fAt this point, you\u2019re probably asking yourself, \u201cHow did we get here?\u201d \u202fThe answer is simple.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nWe left God.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nWe \u201cexchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshipped the creature rather than the Creator\u201d (Romans 1:25 NKJV). \u202fYou see,\u00a0if God created us in His image, and with that gave us a sense of morality and right and wrong, we are not free to do what we please. \u202fWe have an obligation to live within the moral boundaries established by our Supreme Creator, and He will hold us accountable for how we live our lives. \u202fAlternately, if there is no God, then we do not possess a soul, and nothing is eternal. \u202fThe only thing that separates us from plants and animals is time. \u202fOur existence here is by chance, and there is no purpose for it.<b>\u00a0\u202f<\/b>If we have no purpose in life, there is no absolute moral code. \u202fThus, \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cevil\u201d are concepts that humans have fabricated, either individually or as a society. \u202fThey have no authority over our lives, and they are constantly changing. \u202fConsequently, we get statements from people like Peter Singer, Princeton University Bioethics professor, who said, \u201cIf we can put aside these emotionally moving but strictly irrelevant aspects of the killing of a baby we can see that the grounds for not killing persons do not apply to newborn infants\u201d(Singer, 1993)\u00a0and, \u201cThe notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval\u201d(Singer, 1995). \u202fWhen human life no longer is sacred, can we really say that murder and genocide are morally wrong?\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe reality\u00a0is that\u00a0you would be hard-pressed to find a person who does not have some conviction of right and wrong. \u202fEven Richard Dawkins, one of the world\u2019s most vitriolic atheists, is a law-abiding citizen that believes in morality. \u202fIf there is no God,\u00a0however, then my morals are just as valid as yours. \u202fOne can believe that lying is okay in some cases (like Peter Singer), that bestiality is acceptable (again, like Peter Singer), and that the murdering of infants should be a matter of parental choice (You guessed it- just like Peter Singer).\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIn the end, though, we cannot have it both ways. \u202fGod exists, or He does not. \u202fMorality exists, or it does not. \u202fIf not, every person is free to do \u201cwhat is right in his own eyes\u201d (Judges 21:25). \u202f\u202fIf we are made in the image of God, then we must love and serve Him as our creator. \u202fIf it\u2019s\u00a0all\u00a0relative, then I fervently pray I am not a victim of choice.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<i>Don\u2019t believe that could happen in the U.S.? \u202fIt already has\u2026. over 50 million times. \u202fRead about it in the sequel to this article: \u202f\u201cThe Voice of My Children\u2019s Blood\u201d<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kelly Epperson During World War II, the Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews and anywhere from 5 to 11 million others, including people with mental and physical 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