RELATIVISM

Timothy Keller

1968

Inner Struggle

"The people most passionate about social justice were moral relativists, while the morally upright didn't seem to care about the oppression going on all over the world. I was emotionally drawn to the former path--what young person wouldn't be? Liberate the oppressed and sleep with who you wanted! But I kept asking the question, 'If morality is relative; why isn't social justice as well?'"

Timothy Keller

The Reason For God   p. xii

Riverhead Books  2016

As For Me

Two things come to mind.

1.  I love cute little animals, their sweet furry faces, their begging          for attention, and their utter loyalty. I totally agree that abuse is wrong! But every time I see those commercials, I wonder--how can people be so passionate about saving an animal's life--but then be okay with killing a baby via abortion? Relativism . . . or not?

2.  And then there's this. We Need Each Other! 

We need someone to remind us of all the suffering beyond our cozy homes. We need someone to show us the inconsistency of our passions. We need the viewpoints of others. We might even need some extremists--because sometimes little else opens our eyes.

And We All Need God,

Lonnie