Not exact matches
Truth is
objective and unchanging: At the very beginning of his encyclical, Francis invokes «my predecessor, Benedict XVI,» who famously assailed the «dictatorship of relativism» — a critique Francis endorsed shortly after he
became pope and now expands upon in Laudato Si.
Man's response to God thus
becomes subjective «apprehension» of an
objective truth, and the objectified law
becomes more important than the relation with God itself.
Demanding strictly scientific precision to guarantee Scripture's trustworthiness, requiring something more
objective than the internal, personal witness of the Holy Spirit through the text itself, scholars like Lindsell end up testing the
truth of the Bible by an extra-Biblical standard.32 As with Davis, externally derived «good reasons»
become the ultimate criterion for judging the gospel.
Without the ability of the fallen creature to receive infallibly the
truth concerning his meaning and design, the fact that there may be
objective truth at all
becomes increasingly irrelevant.
Once we start analyzing legislative reforms like
Truth in Sentencing, and increases to mandatory minimums, through the lens of our deterrence
objective, the misdirection of our government's crime bills
becomes readily apparent.