It is willful denial. To judge by the paucity of discipline in the modern church, it appears so. We need not appeal to such distant authorities as Winthrop and de Tocqueville though. It ought to be obvious enough that any society, community, or association that has ceased to hold in common certain essential assumptions about life and morals cannot long survive. Justice is necessarily tossed to and fro on waves of doubt.
Truth changes from one day to the next.
And anarchy or tyranny actually become the best of a host of other undesirable options. It is just as absurd to say that any idea is as valid as every idea, as it is to say that bad ideas are as helpful as good ideas. It is equally ridiculous to say that there is no difference between right and wrong as it is to say that there is no difference between right and left. We all know that too many chiefs and not enough Indians will inevitably result in chaos, and yet we have somehow failed to grasp the fact that too many moralities and not enough morals will likewise result in chaos. The statement carries a fearful implication.