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Since September 11
Let’s face it: Americans are slow learners. We think that repeating cute little clichés long enough will justify nearly anything.
Clichés die hard. Usually, only a personal or national disaster of monumental proportions can dislodge them from our thinking. Admittedly, the events of September 11, 2001, have forced a few people, at least, to abandon some of the more popular clichés.
Since September 11, we don’t hear quite as many people affirming that one religion is as good as another. If this were true, it would mean that the religion of radical Islamic terrorists is as good as the religion of Christ. Do average Americans really believe one religion is as good as another? Do we believe these terrorists should be praised for their religious zeal, or punished for it?
Another saying that suffered a minor setback is, “It doesn’t matter what you believe.” If so, then the views of terrorists are of equal worth to the views of decent, law-abiding citizens. Perhaps our school system should train our children to believe that terrorism is good. What do you think?
And what about the cliché that asserts, “Truth is relative”? Perhaps our first question should be to ask if this statement is “true.” If no, it doesn’t deserve our attention. If yes, it’s not relative. When a person claims that something is true to him, we wonder why terrorists in airplanes don’t have the right to claim that murdering people is “truth to them”! You may not like their view of “truth,” but they do. What gives you the right to force your “truth” on someone else? Does this sound familiar? If truth is relative, then no one is safe!
Closely related to the relativity of truth is the claim that morals are relative—there is no right or wrong. If morals are relative, then who is to say that terrorist attacks are wrong? Who are you to judge others?
Friend, isn’t it about time to bury these old lies and pursue the truth of God? There is such a thing as truth. God says so: “...then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed, And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31,32).
