The biggest conflict of our times is not the conflict between Democrats and Republicans, blue states and red states, non-religious and religious, or liberals and conservatives. Rather, the biggest conflict of our time is between two conflicting views of truth. One view, the classical view says that truth can be known. The other view, the postmodern view, says truth cannot be known.
The classical view says that ultimate truth exists independent of us and can be discovered, though not exhaustively, through reason and revelation. We use dialogue and persuasion to seek truth and respond to it. But the postmodern view says that ultimate truth is up to the individual. No one is in a position to discover ultimate truth. The best we can do is “speak our truth” and try to get the power to compel others to see it our way.
The “truth can be known” viewpoint says the core elements of truth can be understood through facts and logic. Alarmingly, the postmodern view disagrees with this. To say that facts become true if we can get enough people to see it our way is to replace the search for truth with a grab for power. Yet today it is the common view.
Obviously, someone who believes that no absolute truth exists, that truth is up to the individual, will have very little respect for religious liberty or free speech or anything else guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. However, religious liberty is the foundation of all other rights.
In Religious Liberty: What It Means and Why It Is Vital to America’s Future, Dr. Jeff Myers explains what religious liberty is and why America’s founders enshrined it in the Constitution. He also describes the threats facing religious liberty today and explains how to defend it. Have you noticed this concerning trend and wondered how to respond?
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