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“Only in the moral and spiritual realm do we buy such nonsense.”

A thought by Larry Osborne, (2009-04-04) from his book, Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe (p. 74). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Larry says, “Underlying the idea that we have no right to judge the beliefs and moral standards of others is another widely held belief. It's the dogma that truth and morality are relative— the conviction that there are no universal spiritual truths and no universal moral standards. In other words, in the spiritual and moral realms, two diametrically opposing viewpoints or standards can both be true at the same time.”

But what would happen if we took that view in other areas?  Larry says, “Imagine an engineering student arguing that his calculations don't matter as long as they work for him. Not many of us would drive over a bridge he designed. Or imagine your doctor giving you a handful of pills and telling you to take whichever ones ‘feel right.’”  But that to many is different story.  Is that true of you?

He continues, “In every area of life where we can test outcomes, we know that some things work and some don't. Some answers are correct and some aren't. The belief that the spiritual and moral realms operate differently is an unsupported leap in logic. It's a dark journey into an Alice in Wonderland world where fanciful and wishful thinking replaces reality and common sense.”

It doesn’t make sense does it?


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