Barry and I sort of had a little spat in my last post which had to do with speeding, turning, and Doritos. He made several really good points, I made some snarky comments (for which I apologized) and this all got me to thinking about moral absolutes.
In our society (United States) I and many other quasi-conservative Christians believe that moral relativism abounds. But my question here is in regard to whether or not we as Christians actually live out (or are expected to live out) lives which are morally absolute. I’m thinking not of “big” issues like homosexuality, murder, or whatever. We would all agree on issues like that. I’m thinking more about “little” issues like stealing, speeding and lying.
Still don’t know exactly what I’m getting at? It’s OK, my vocabulary is out to lunch I think. I’m thinking of questions like, “Is it ever not a sin to lie/steal/cheat/etc?” I am not sure I know the answer to it. Indeed, I’m not sure if ANYONE does. What I would like to see take place though, is a bit of kind, sensitive, thoughtful discussion in the comments section of this post.
I realize I’m opening myself and other people’s comments up for the possibility for things to get really ugly here so I will be monitoring comments closely and deleting any that are inappropriate, inflammatory or just plain hurtful.
In past, posts like this where the subject matter was potentially volatile everyone who commented was super nice and understanding. Let’s recreate that dialog here, shall we? Now…let’s talk about Christians and moral absolutes.
