June 4, 2023

When did morality become relative?  When did good and evil stop being black and white — and become shades of gray?  When did thieves and murderers stop being predators and become the oppressed victims of a corrupt system?

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Those are the fruits of moral relativism.  It holds that there is no absolute right or wrong — what one culture considers “wrong,” another will consider “right.”  It is the philosophy that good and evil are constructs of human beings — not laws of God.

There are two social frameworks for occupants of our world — “might makes right” and divine law.  “Might makes right” is credited to Greek philosopher Thrasymachus.  The philosophy asserts that a society’s view of right and wrong is determined by those in power.  It imposes no morality on the issue of right and wrong.  It is simply that those in a position to make the rules are free to do so with no ethical constraints.  In “might makes right,” strength is righteousness, and prosperity is determined by survival of the fittest.

A shark that devours a seal is not evil.  It is simply an animal deriving sustenance from another.  There is no judgment, no guilt, and no ethical conundrum.  The strong thrive at the expense of the weak.  It is neither good nor evil.

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We accept that “might makes right” for non-human animals.  But we do not accept it for ourselves.  A man who steals from another is not a mere animal deriving sustenance from his prey.  We believe that men have an inherent right to not be preyed upon, because we accept the notion of good and evil — a standard that transcends cultural beliefs and animalistic cravings.

We believe that humans have God-given rights.  However, belief in an authority greater than the state goes against the philosophy of communism and must not be allowed by its adherents.  As Karl Marx said in 1844:

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

He viewed religion as a drug created by men, to temporarily ease their suffering.  He felt that religion should be replaced by a Marxist society, which would ease physical suffering — no longer requiring a religious analgesic to mask it.

Hence, our leftist agitators are attacking the notion of a deity and the moral guidance such a being would provide.  They would prefer that right/wrong and good/evil be judgments made by men — based on their ever-changing understanding of morality.

The actions of Madalyn Murray O’Hair are characteristic of the leftist attack on religion.  She was an avowed atheist, an aspiring communist, and a militant feminist.  When the Soviet Union denied her sanctuary — twice — she pledged to change America into her vision of a secular utopia.  Lawfare was her weapon of choice.