Relativist Absolutism: America's Epistemological Decline

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We live in a culture enmeshed in a moral (or immoral) relativism in which there are no longer it seems any universal truths... except the orthodoxy of the progressive relativists themselves creating a new set of absolutes... Confusing I know. This isn't political but the problem, however, bleeds over into the political culture as well- it's something profoundly deeper, an epistemology that governs how people view the world and the culture around them.

Cultural norms that we used to take for granted... things such as gender being a biological construct, or concepts like right and wrong are now subjectively determined- like art, in "the eye of the beholder." For minor issues this may have little impact, but what about fundamental moral prcepts such as "Thou shalt not kill"? What relativist standard do we apply to this? What gives one person's point of view on this critical issue more weight than another's? What if I find your haircut so offensive that I feel the need to have you eradicated- in a relativist society, why not? If there are no more universal truths, then anything goes.

Over the last several decades Americans have evolved, or devolved, depending on your point of view into a society dominated by relativism, where feelings and individual points of view trump truths held sacred for millennia. For example, in an 1800 question survey done by marketing specialists James Patterson and Peter Kim, most Americans now believe that the Ten Commandments are open to interpretation, if they have any relevance at all. If this is so, morals are situational rather than universal. Thou shalt not bear false witness (lie) has come to be viewed through the lens of "the end justifies the means" the same for thou shalt not steal... both precepts of Marxism. It's now all right to lie or steal as long as it's "for a good cause." The obvious problem, of course, good for whom.

No culture can exist for long without an indelible set of principles. In America it has been our Constitution underlied by Judeo-Christian principles. The attack on these principles began in earnest in the 1860's with the counter-cultural revolution. A nation that began as "one nation under God" predicated upon these values, backed by strong intact nuclear families has come under attack from Cultural Marxists that wish nothing more than to destroy it.

Every culture and every generation within it has its own spirit- its zeitgeist. To control the national episteme, its zeitgeist, the Cultural Marxists must first control the language of debate. This is accomplished by control of the educational system. The American Epistemological Revolution began in the 1930's when the Frankfurt School moved to Columbia University and commenced their nefarious attack. The weapon of choice is the educational system designed by John Dewey, a Cultural Marxist. They understood that having access to people's minds during their formative years will ultimately determine their moral outlook in later life.

Generation by generation the episteme has changed, to the point where nuclear families have been almost destroyed, and the values along with it. Father Chad Ripperger does an excellent job tracing the decline generation by generation, by examining the prominent characteristics of each generational spirit- its zeitgeist. If you're an anti-Catholic bigot that believes that all Catholics follow the Satanic/Free Masonic Vatican II Cult, this probably won't do you any good- your mind is already closed. However, although Fr. Ripperger, who holds 8 advanced degrees, takes a spiritual approach, he identifies from a secular perspective as well, some astute observations about how generations indeed have their own spirit. I certainly recognized a lot of things from my own generation. If you're not interested in generational demons- how demons can affect families from one generation to the next- you may want to start around the 9 minute mark. He begins around 1900.

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