Posted by
Tim on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:00:38 PM
According to a recent Newsweek poll (see below link), 81% of Americans call themselves Christians. Something doesn't add up, because the latest Barna Group poll (see link) indicates only 34% of Americans believe in absolute moral truth. Logically, the 66% of Americans who reject absolute moral truth cannot be Christians. Why? If absolute moral truth does not exist, then sin (the violation of absolute morality) does not exist. If so, then the righteous, Triune God did not need to sacrifice Himself for us on the Cross in order to judge our sin and love us at the same time. This lack of necessity would make the Gospel of Jesus Christ a waste of time and a complete lie.
Furthermore, if absolute truth does not exist, then the assertion “God exists” is not absolutely true, resulting in atheism or agnosticism. If absolute truth does not exist, then it does not exist in God, and He is thereby made to be ignorant (non-omniscient) or a liar. Lastly, if absolute truth does not exist, then nothing in the Bible is trustworthy. So, as you can see, profession of biblical Christianity and rejection of absolute truth are incompatible.
A choice must be made: biblical Christianity or postmodernism (no absolute truth). One or the other, but not both. The two are mutually exclusive. Americans who profess to be Christians while denying absolute moral truth either profoundly misunderstand biblical Christianity or they are not answering the polls truthfully.