It Started In the Sixties

Chuck Colson pinpoints where the idea that "there is no such thing as absolute truth" began seeping into peoples' minds -- and how the devastating consequences have played out over the past decades in one area, politics:

"When ideology begins to replace revealed truth as the basis for governing a society, you inevitably have the kind of polarization we have in America today, Reds vs. Blues. Ideology is a man-made political formulation for how people should live their lives together and is, therefore, from our perspective as Christians, inherently flawed. And it’s dangerous when a society becomes so polarized over ideology that it lacks a frame of reference for agreeing on the common good."

This all started when moral relativism took root in America, beginning in the sixties on the campuses and then invading popular culture—back when Time magazine asked that provocative question, “Is God dead?” When this happened, the overarching standards of truth and moral behavior historically governing our society were undermined. And forty years of aggressive secularism since then have simply erased the idea of moral absolutes—no such thing as truth; everything is a matter of personal preference."

When you disregard the very idea of truth and exclude even the possibility of moral absolutes, the only thing you're left with is mere personal preferences -- as in, which flavor of politics do you prefer? And, the only thing left for the MSM to report is, "whose flavor is winning today?"