Relativism (A theory that holds that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.)is permeating our entire lives and the end result is tragic indeed. God intended for us to depend upon laws,reason and moral standards to be the creatures He created.
Without these standards, we are adrift and lonely and cannot connect to those around us. Today, we are not required to look at an issue and determine what is best for our community as a whole, we look only to how it affects us. What it means to ME. A community is made up of people who do not require everyone else to bend to their will...it is not I, I, I. Until we feel the all encompassing need to look through the eyes of another...to reach out a hand to another...to love another things will not change.
A few years ago the Wall Street Journal stated: "The U.S. has a drug problem and a high school sex problem and a welfare problem and an AIDS problem and a rape problem. None of this will go away until more people in positions of responsibility are willing to come forward and explain, in frankly moral terms, that some of the things people do nowadays are wrong." (Editorial, December 12, 1991)
Who are "people in positions of responsibility"? Do you read that quote and think "well, the government should do this"? Or do you see these "people" for who they really are...government officials, sure, but also parents, grandparents, family, teachers, ministers, coaches, Scout leaders, Sunday School teachers, mentors, ...friends? We are all responsible, and we are all failing at our task.
I, for one, am hoping and praying and working to break the cycle within my circle of influence. If not us, then who?
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