“Man is the measure of all things.”- Protagoras ---------------------------------------------------------------- “There are no eternal facts, as there are no eternal truths.” - Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------------------------- “What is true for you is what you have observed for yourself.” - L. Ron Hubbard "Nothing is more certain in modern society than the principle that there are no absolutes.” - Frederick Moore Vinson, former Chief Justice

- All religions lead to God - All religions lead to God. - All religions teach basically the same thing.  - Jesus is one of many great spiritual leaders.  - No such thing as ultimate truth exists.  - All beliefs are equally valid. We all have our own truths... - There is no moral right or wrong. Beliefs about truth and morality are based on personal situations, cultural bias, or on one's religious upbringing.

“Aren’t All Religions Basically the Same?” Eastern (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism) - impersonal deity, pantheism, no afterlife Hinduism - impersonal deity, polytheism, reincarnation Islam - impersonal deity, monotheism, eternal life is earned Judaism - personal deity, monotheism, Christianity - personal deity, monotheism, eternal life is a gift

“In those days Israel had Judges 21:25 “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”

for it and the hatred we feel for it. In 1979, Arthur Leff, a Yale law professor, spoke at Duke University and expressed how torn human beings are over this issue of absolute truth and the desire for it and the hatred we feel for it. “I want to believe—and so do you—in a complete, transcendent, and immanent set of propositions about right and wrong, findable rules that authoritatively and unambiguously direct us how to live righteously.”

What we want, Heaven help us, “I also want to believe—and so do you—in no such thing, but rather that we are wholly free, not only to choose for ourselves what we ought to do, but to decide for ourselves, individually and as a species, what we ought to be. What we want, Heaven help us, is simultaneously to be perfectly ruled and perfectly free, that is, at the same time to discover the right and the good and to create it.”

to his final destination." Christian scholar Peter Kreeft wrote, "The modern American demands the truth in every area of life except religion. Do not cheat him. Do not lie to him. Pull no punches in giving bad news. Unless, of course, it is in regards to his final destination."

7 Things You Can’t Do as a Moral Relativist: 1.) Can’t Accuse Others of Wrong-Doing 2.) Can’t Complain About the Problem of Evil 3.) Can’t Place Blame or Accept Praise 4.) Can’t Claim Anything Is Unfair or Unjust 5.) Can’t Improve Their Morality 6.) Can’t Complain About Being Mistreated 7.) Can’t Promote the Obligation of Tolerance

John 8: 31-36 * Jesus speaks about how truth and freedom are realities in this life, but only found through God.

Matthew 21: 23-27 Jesus deals with the issue of relativism amongst the Jewish leaders of his time, who refused to acknowledge John the Baptist as legitimate, but feared the public who viewed him as a prophet.