THE REJECTION OF TRUTH (2 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-10
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The Rejection of Truth (2 of 3)
Series: Whatever Happened To Truth
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:1-10
OPEN: A famous preacher once joked from the pulpit: ''In English they teach us that 2 negatives make a positive statement (i.e = ''there's no way I'm not going to go''). So the way I figure it, if I know I'm lying and God knows I'm lying - I gotta be telling the truth.''
APPLY: That strikes us as funny because we don't think of truth as being flexible. Truth can't be altered or amended. Truth - by its very nature - is consistent, reliable, bedrock - you don't change ''truth.''
Responding to a reporter who was badgering her, Margaret Thatcher once remarked: ''Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.''
I. As simple as this idea may seem, there are people who literally work at undermining the belief in ''absolute truth.''
ILLUS: When I went to Purdue University, I was introduced to the concept of ''Moral Relativism.'' Moral Relativism (for those of you not familiar with this idea) is the belief that truth is changeable... that it is ''relative.'' In other words, ''What is true depends on your point of view. It is ''relative'' to your circumstances or your point of view.
A high school textbook ''Inquiries in Sociology'' declared ''There are exceptions to almost all moral laws, depending on the situation. What is wrong in one instance may be right in another.''
Illus: Supposedly, radio personality George V. Denny, Jr. had a ball he liked to display when the question of tolerance came up. Grasping the ball tightly in his hand, he would ask, ''What color is it?''
The person questioned would take a quick look and answer, ''Black.''
Denny would then shake his head. ''The part I see is white.'' He would give the ball a twirl to show the other half - white.
''We could never agree on the color of this ball,'' Denny would point out, ''unless you knew my point of view and unless I realized you were looking at it from another po ...
Series: Whatever Happened To Truth
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:1-10
OPEN: A famous preacher once joked from the pulpit: ''In English they teach us that 2 negatives make a positive statement (i.e = ''there's no way I'm not going to go''). So the way I figure it, if I know I'm lying and God knows I'm lying - I gotta be telling the truth.''
APPLY: That strikes us as funny because we don't think of truth as being flexible. Truth can't be altered or amended. Truth - by its very nature - is consistent, reliable, bedrock - you don't change ''truth.''
Responding to a reporter who was badgering her, Margaret Thatcher once remarked: ''Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.''
I. As simple as this idea may seem, there are people who literally work at undermining the belief in ''absolute truth.''
ILLUS: When I went to Purdue University, I was introduced to the concept of ''Moral Relativism.'' Moral Relativism (for those of you not familiar with this idea) is the belief that truth is changeable... that it is ''relative.'' In other words, ''What is true depends on your point of view. It is ''relative'' to your circumstances or your point of view.
A high school textbook ''Inquiries in Sociology'' declared ''There are exceptions to almost all moral laws, depending on the situation. What is wrong in one instance may be right in another.''
Illus: Supposedly, radio personality George V. Denny, Jr. had a ball he liked to display when the question of tolerance came up. Grasping the ball tightly in his hand, he would ask, ''What color is it?''
The person questioned would take a quick look and answer, ''Black.''
Denny would then shake his head. ''The part I see is white.'' He would give the ball a twirl to show the other half - white.
''We could never agree on the color of this ball,'' Denny would point out, ''unless you knew my point of view and unless I realized you were looking at it from another po ...
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