May. The report contains a majority statement, signed by 17 committee members, recommending the removal of an assertion in the church's book of rules that homosexual practice and Christianity are incompatible. A minority report, signed by four members, argues for retaining the current language. Immediately there were gasps, even catcalls. The audience applauded thunderously, believing that the young man had settled the issue by posing an unanswerable question. Basic human nature dictates that when an individual is left to make moral decisions without reference to some standard above self, he or she invariably makes those choices on the basis of self-interest.
Relativism results in radical individualism.
Charles Colson, Jubilee , April, 1988. I recently saw the story of a high school values clarification class conducted by a teacher in Teaneck, New Jersey. The teacher asked for the class's reaction. Most of the students contended that if someone is careless, they should be punished. If I come from the position of what is right and what is wrong, then I'm not their counselor.