Ben Godar criticizes Christians and others who believe in moral absolutes. Yet, he contradicts himself.

Godar writes, “All people have some sense of right and wrong guiding them along, and damn hell if I’m going to tell them they’re wrong.”

Yet he spends his entire editorial telling those of us who believe in moral absolutes that we are wrong. Practice what you preach, Ben.

Godar accuses Christians of arrogance because we claim to have discovered absolute truth.

This may seem arrogant at first glance, but those who claim that there are no absolutes about God or spiritual things are the truly arrogant ones.

Why? Because for us to know that there are no absolutes, we would have to know absolutely everything. There could be an absolute out there that we haven’t discovered yet.

So, instead of arrogantly rejecting out-of-hand someone’s claim to have discovered God or spiritual truth, we ought to have the humility to examine the basis and the evidence for the claim.

Godar’s claim that moral and spiritual truths are relative is unscientific. Science and the scientific method are based upon the fact that there are universal physical truths.

A theory can be tested over and over again by different people in all kinds of situations, and if it always holds true, we move it to the realm of a law.

The whole goal of science is to discover laws and truths that are universal to everyone and in every circumstance.

Any scientist worth his salt would be humiliated to make a claim that he had made a discovery that was only true for him and no others.

Shouldn’t we approach spiritual truth in the same way that we approach the physical world?

Although a common belief among Americans, Godar’s claim that spiritual truth is relative is illogical. The most fundamental law of logic is the law of non-contradiction.

“A cannot be equal to non-A at the same time and in the same relation.” God cannot be one God and a thousand God’s at one time.

Jesus cannot have both risen from the dead and not risen from the dead at the same time. Heaven can’t exist and not exist at the same time.

People can argue that all truth about God is relative, but they should realize that their argument is totally illogical.

They can be illogical if they want, but should know that Christianity is not illogical.

It is a faith that satisfies our rational capacity and is logical and constant throughout.

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Dave Bovenmyer

Pastor

Stonebrook Community Church