Why
are some younger people “evolving” and starting to support gay marriage?
It
is called moral relativism, not evolution.
It is well to worry about our moral foundation. We live in a world where more and more persons of influence are teaching and acting out a belief that there is no absolute right and wrong, that all authority and all rules of behavior are man-made choices that can prevail over the commandments of God. Many even question whether there is a God.
The philosophy of moral relativism, which holds that each person is free to choose for himself what is right and wrong, is becoming the unofficial creed for many in America and other western nations. At the extreme level, evil acts that used to be localized and covered up like a boil are now legalized and paraded like a banner. Persuaded by this philosophy, many of the rising generation’s youth and young adults are caught up in self-serving pleasures, pagan painting and piercing of body parts, foul language, revealing attire, pornography, dishonesty, and degrading sexual indulgence.
On the foundation belief in right and wrong there is an alarming contrast between the older and the younger generations. According to survey data of two decades ago, 80 percent of American adults believed there are clear guidelines about what is good and evil that apply to everyone regardless of the situation. In contrast, a more recent poll of college seniors suggests that three-quarters of [them] believe that the difference between right and wrong is relative. €
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20120719strategist-central-figure-against-gay-marriage.html#ixzz21Bs0gDgN
It is well to worry about our moral foundation. We live in a world where more and more persons of influence are teaching and acting out a belief that there is no absolute right and wrong, that all authority and all rules of behavior are man-made choices that can prevail over the commandments of God. Many even question whether there is a God.
The philosophy of moral relativism, which holds that each person is free to choose for himself what is right and wrong, is becoming the unofficial creed for many in America and other western nations. At the extreme level, evil acts that used to be localized and covered up like a boil are now legalized and paraded like a banner. Persuaded by this philosophy, many of the rising generation’s youth and young adults are caught up in self-serving pleasures, pagan painting and piercing of body parts, foul language, revealing attire, pornography, dishonesty, and degrading sexual indulgence.
On the foundation belief in right and wrong there is an alarming contrast between the older and the younger generations. According to survey data of two decades ago, 80 percent of American adults believed there are clear guidelines about what is good and evil that apply to everyone regardless of the situation. In contrast, a more recent poll of college seniors suggests that three-quarters of [them] believe that the difference between right and wrong is relative. €
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20120719strategist-central-figure-against-gay-marriage.html#ixzz21Bs0gDgN
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