MORAL RELATIVISM: OUR “SAFE-PLACE” FROM GOD

A skeptic was wondering why I thought that he was a moral relativist – someone who didn’t believe in an objective, God-given moral law. I answered:

·       When you reject the only possible basis for objective moral law - God - it is then inevitable that you must create your own moral code. This is moral relativism.

·       We do not submit to what we create anymore than we submit to our belief in a certain political party. We might like this party, but our affiliation is subject to change, especially if we deem that it is no longer expedient for us. So too with moral relativism.

Will we resist our pedophilic impulses if it becomes legal to seduce children with a bag of candy and a pornographic movie? If we are a moral relativist, we will not. Even if we intuitively KNOW that pedophilia is a horrible sin against a child, we have already convinced ourselves that morality is just a matter of what we and society create for our convenience. Therefore, any reason to affectively resist our immoral temptations is eliminated.

If it bothers our conscience, we’ll just drop a pill or see a psychologist. Meanwhile, Scripture assures us that we know better and we will be judged according to this knowledge:

·       For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them. (Romans 2:14-15)