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The sad moral bankruptcy of Western societies



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Reformed Samaritanism General Overview

The sad moral bankruptcy of Western societies 
If we were asked to describe our current culture, three concepts would come to mind: First, our society is 
characterized by MORAL RELATIVISM. In other words, there is no absolute authority, there is no 
transcendent, inviolable law. There is no standard against which we are measured. Every individual is his 
own personal authority and determiner of what is right or wrong for him. 
A second defining characteristic of our society is PERSONAL FREEDOM. While moral relativism says 
there is no governing authority over us, personal freedom says there are no rules to follow—the only cultural 
value that matters is our absolute autonomy. Any decision a person makes is valid solely because it is what he
or she wants. 
“My body, my choice” is far more than a pro-abortion slogan—it’s the indisputable justification for every life
decision. There are no guidelines you need to follow except those you choose to adopt. Personal freedom has 
become the ultimate virtue. The only thing our society won’t tolerate is being intolerant of someone else’s 
decisions. 
Finally, and closely linked to the first two concepts, we live in a society completely engulfed in 
POSTMODERNISM, a commitment to the notion that there is no such thing as objective, absolute truth. 
MODERNISM was defined as the pursuit of truth—the attempt by way of human discovery to understand 
truth, discern truth, define truth. 
But today’s postmodern society says the truth we’ve been looking for doesn’t even exist. In a postmodern 
world, everything is relative—you create your own reality and define your own truth. 
It’s no wonder then that lying and lies are so brazen and pervasive today. If there is no right or wrong, if we 
are free to create our own reality, and if there is no such thing as absolute truth, the concepts of lying and 
telling the truth lose all meaning. In that moral quagmire, telling the truth is no longer valued or a virtue. 
Government, academia, media, business—every human institution embraces lying as a way of life. That’s 
how you end up with a culture that asserts that love is hate, hate is love, good is evil, evil is good, normal is 
perverse, and perverse is normal. Introduce into the equation the Internet, and you have the ability to 
fabricate, perpetuate, and reinforce lies literally on a global scale. 
As a result, resistance and hostility to the Hebrew Scripture is intense and widespread. That God’s Law is 
absolute, objective, divine truth that makes demands on us is the most counter-cultural and inflammatory 
claim you can possibly make. The days of at least a superficially peaceful coexistence between the secular 
and the religious world are over. 
The world is in rebellion against God and Scripture, and will do everything it can to obliterate truth, elevate 
lies, and silence those who preach any form of ethical monotheism. May the Holy One [blessed be He] have 
mercy of us! 

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